The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has explained why United Airlines chose to make an air return to Nigeria.

In a statement on Wednesday, Abdullahi Musa, NAMA’s director of public affairs and consumer protection, said the decision to return to Nigeria was made by the pilot based on his assessment of the situation and the perceived safety of landing at the departure airport.

A United Airlines flight from Africa to Washington D.C. had to turn around on Thursday after a "technical issue" caused "unexpected aircraft movement," the airline said.

The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said on Monday it is investigating a United Airlines flight on Friday from Lagos, Nigeria to Washington D.C., in which a sudden aircraft movement led to injuries of passengers and cabin crew.

A United Airlines flight from Nigeria to the US was forced to make an emergency landing in Lagos early Friday. The flight from Lagos to Washington D.C. turned back after the aircraft — a Boeing 787-8 — experienced a technical issue and "an unexpected aircraft movement,

United Airlines said it was cooperating with U.S. and Nigerian investigators to determine what exactly happened on the flight.

Six people were taken to hospital, and many more were injured after a United Airlines flight from Lagos heading to Washington D.C. experienced a sudden in-flight movement. The United States has opened a probe into the unexpected movement, as the cause is still unknown.

Domestic airlines spend scarce forex on repairing their planes outside Nigeria, but some players are beginning to set up local

A passenger plane and a military helicopter collided mid-air near Ronald Reagan National Airport, killing 67 passengers.

The possibility of a surreal air snafu was not in their cogitation. Nigerians and other passengers heading out of the country to Washington Dulles in DC from Murtala Mohammed Airport on United Airline 613 on Thursday,

More than 60 people are feared dead after a midair collision between an American Airlines regional passenger jet and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter on Wednesday, January 29. The jet crashed into the icy Potomac River near Reagan Washington National Airport,