on 12th July, 2022. Bunmi was a personal assistant to Late pastor Bimbo Odukoya who also died in the plane crash. [8] With 103 passengers and 7 staff members on board, the plane departed from Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport at 12:25 p.m. The flight was between Abuja and Port Harcourt. [5][6], In 2015, Okwuchi graduated from the University of Saint Thomas, in Houston, Texas, United States, with a First Class Degree. Sosoliso plane crash survivor, Kechi Okwuchi makes it to Americas's Got Talent semi-finals. Some families lost two children to the crash, the worst hit were the Ilabors who lost their only three children. Similar accidents all over the world have had appreciable level of success in rescuing passengers. Join 5,000+ others. The aeroplane had just entered a headwind and tailwind area of bad weather. 2017-2037 - Olatorera.com All Right Reserved. 20. bunmi amusan mrs female 21. chigbo c. master male 22. chukwunenye mr male 23. cookeygam k. mr male 24. daniel kalu master male 25. edeth s. mrs female 26. egweke u. master male 27. ehimoha j. mr male 28. ejikeme o. mr male 29. ekefre u.o. The weakness in our airport emergency response was badly exposed in the second accident that occurred right on the airport premises in Port Harcourt. Also on the ill-fated plane was the popular gospel preacher, Pastor Bimbo Odukoya, pastor and wife of the founder of the Fountain of Life Church, who succumbed to her . The actor reportedly died on Sunday in his home in France after suffering from many health issues. Share: . The action, NCAA, disclosed, was precipitated by the inability of the airline to pay full compensation to families of the crash victims. What Were Her Top 3 Achievements Before The Sosoliso Plane Crash of 2005. That was on that black Saturday afternoon of December 10, 2005. The statement was made via a post on his social media platforms, stating logistical difficulties. NK, Your email address will not be published. JSYK black ppl aren't nerds were just smarter than you oops Btw BLMM!! Visibility decreased as the rain got heavier. At the time of the crash, the aeroplane was said to be airworthy. The current position of the minister is already sending jitters down the spines of operators. Details of the wedding arrangements were also top secret as reporters who heard the wedding bells made efforts to know more about Bunmi's good fortune. Before making its final approach to Port Harcourt, the trip was uneventful. Of the 103 passengers and 7 crew members there were only two survivors, although seven survivors were initially rescued. On the list of passengers was Uche Marcus Okoro, national president of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), who was travelling back from a union conference. At about 14:08 local time, the aircraft crash-landed at Port Harcourt International Airport. It is hoped that the path of peace being taken by the Federal Government will rather than inflame passions augur well for everybody. THISDAY gathered that the last meeting held on December 7 and presided by the Minister of Justice, Mr. Bayo Ojo , has already resolved the matter with Sosoliso being asked to work towards paying the families over a period of time. Already, acquaintances, family members, relatives, friends and well wishers of those on board the ill-fated aircraft were at the airport waiting to receive their loved ones into a warm embrace. Indeed, there were been about three others after it, the latest being the October 29, 2006 ADC crash in Abuja which claimed another 96 lives. The Lucky 4: Survivors of the Sosoliso plane crash you didn't know about. //. Flight 1145 from the capital, Abuja, was carrying 110 people when it crashed while landing in stormy weather in the southern oil city of Port Harcourt. Own A Kia Soul For As Low As N159,840/Month, Rivers Pastor Gifts Poor Window A Lincoln Navigator. Preshio, Protective hairstyles are hairstyles that protect the hair from damage caused by daily wear and tear, such as heat styling, chemical treatments, and environmental factors. We operate from Cape Town, Dakar, Abuja, Johannesburg, Nairobi and Washington DC. The crash, according to reports, happened between Port Harcourt and Abuja and claimed the lives of about 108 people, leaving just two survivors. Before the aircraft (otherwise known as Flight 1145) left the Abuja Airport, nothing within the environment suggested any evil foreboding. A survivor of the 2005 ill-fated Sosoliso plane crash, Kechi Okwuchi, has expressed gratitude to God for the recovery journey of her facial scars, saying she knows that true progress and genuine growth cannot happen overnight. The Sosoliso Airlines Flight 1145 crashed on the 1oth of December 2005. inducted into 6 academic honor societies. He was 78. Girls! Pastor (Mrs) Bimbo Odukoya. The cockpit section with the forward fuselage went a further 330 metres from the rest of the wreckage trail on the taxiway, giving a total wreckage distance of 1120 metres. But Kechi was extremely injured . On final approach, the flight encountered adverse weather with wind speed and direction suddenly changing significantly. Among the passengers were about sixty secondary school students from Loyola Jesuit College in Abuja. 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Have you ever wondered how people survive when a plane crashes? Yes, I know her name is Bunmi. Although, the accident report has blamed wind shear for the mishap without affirming that the ill-fated aircraft was faulty before the crash. Content created and supplied by: MaryKiara (via Opera by Lara Carter November 19, 2018 Bimbo Odukoya, late wife to Taiwo Odukoya, both pastors in Nigeria, lost her life Suffering third-degree burns on 65% of her body, Kechi had extensive skin grafts taken from her back and torso - the part of her body that didnt burn. Gerad Yakubu Andan, a 33-year-old Ghanaian with 920 hours of total flying experience, 670 of which were on the type, served as the first officer. In the belly of the massive plane were 108 passengers and crew. There were 7 supposed survivors but 5 of them couldnt survive the burns and injuries so they passed on leaving just two survivors. John Obakpoplor who is the National President of Aviation Round Table (ART) have warned that unless Doppler Weather Radar equipment are installed at the nations airports, we may not see an end to air disasters. Two months after she could have been dead and buried along with 106 other passengers on the Sosoliso plane that crashed last December, one of the survivors, Miss Bunmi Amusan will this weekend put the tragedy behind her as she goes into a marriage that must have been made in heaven. There were 110 passengers on board and 7 crew members. The impact then destroyed the aeroplane. The news was made in a statement by Dr. Busola Tejumola, Head of Content and West Africa Channels at MultiChoice. While experiencing wind shear, the pilots chose to turn around. . Nigerians have started counting down to days, hours, minutes, and seconds until the release date of a new 'mouth licking' hot and fresh single by one of their favourite fast-rising singers, Uche Akai Nathan, better known as Boii Nate. AllAfrica is a voice of, by and about Africa - aggregating, producing and distributing 500 news and information items daily from over 100 African news organizations and our own reporters to an African and global public. On December 10, 2005, Sosoliso. But no identity is given for the second survivor. Singer and America's Got Talent star, Kechi Okwuchi has shared a touching tribute on the 15th anniversary of surviving the Sosoliso plane crash. Plane crash survivor, Kechi Okwuchi shares recovery journey. The story of the two survivors of the December 2005 Sosoliso plane crash is a reflection of the amazing grace of God. The only two survivors turned out to be Bunmi Adams (ne Amusan) and Kechi Okwuchi. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. The flight crews then attempted to add more propulsion when the TOO LOW-GEAR alarm began to ring. The engine was stuck in the drainage and the rear part was quickly damaged. Kechi Okwuchi was one of the finalists at the twelfth season of Americas Got Talent in 2017. The maiden edition of the Stanbic IBTC Banks Youth Leadership Series, last week, provided a platform that featured three exceptional Nigerians, who spoke on the imperative of resilience, hardwork and perseverance to achieve individual, corporate and national goals. On December 10, 2005, Sosoliso Airlines Flight 1145 was on a scheduled domestic passenger flight. Opera News is a free to use platform and the views and opinions expressed herein are solely those of the author and do not represent, reflect or express the views of Opera News. Then it slid and ran into a nearby concrete drainage culvert. The other survivor was Bunmi Amusan, who had 40% of her body burned. According to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the airline must only give each family of a casualty of an air crash 3 million naira, or US$18,157. The 30-year-old has gone on to appear on Americas Got Talent, where she wowed the judges with her beautiful voice and as a motivational speaker, sharing her story to motivate others that their scars - whether visible or invisible - dont define them. According to the report of the crash published on October 19, 2006 by the Accident Investigation and Prevention Bureau (AIPB), at 1.41pm, the pilot contacted the approach controller in Port Harcourt who gave the pilot an in-bound clearance for an Instrument Landing System (ILS) approach to runway 21. Hospitals and morgues in the oil-rich city witnessed an unprecedented surge in both wounded and burnt corpses. . It began scheduled flights as a domestic airline in July 2000. Bunmi was a personal assistant to Late pastor Bimbo Odukoya who also died in the plane crash. The aircraft disintegrated and caught fire, skidding for 790 metres. Today, families, the aviation community in particular and the nation at large will be engrossed in sober reflections over a tragedy that befell them exactly a year agothe Sosoliso air mishap at the Port Harcourt Airport, Omagwa, Rivers State. 0. Bunmi, a Personal Assistant to Pastor Bimbo Odukoya, who died in the plane crash, will quit the single life to marry Jide Adams, a staff of Cornerstone Insurance and fellow usher at the Fountain of Life Church. He wrote, "After Ive gotten several calls from people giving me their condolences and, Cleaning house has never been this deadly. The tragic incident was recounted by the American actor's cousin Henry Winkler, who lived in the southern French town of Bozouls. RIP angels #NeverForgotten. However, there's another survivor known as Bunmi Amusan at the time of the plane crash. This survivor of Sosoliso plane crash was a personal assistant to Late pastor Bimbo Odukoya who also died in the plane crash. Shorter was a well-known player on the jazz scene in the late 1950s and is recognized for influencing much of jazz music in the 20th century. Out of these 110, 108 died. Or for more information about becoming a subscriber, you can read our subscription and contribution overview, You can also freely access - without a subscription - hundreds of today's top Africa stories and thousands of recent news articles from our home page , Already a subscriber? Following that, the flying crews acknowledged this message. Later, a crisis meeting was convened, and some senior aviation officers were fired. It was registered in Nigeria on June 12, 2003, and JAT Airways and Sosoliso Airlines Ltd. were its owners and operators. Okwuchi was one of the two survivors in the Sosoliso Airlines Flight 1145 crash on December 10, 2005 that . Launched in Yaounde, Cameroon, on November 15, 2017, the 100 MPIAY is an annual list of 100 youths of African descent, who have inspired many. Opera News furthermore does not condone the use of our platform for the purposes encouraging/endorsing hate speech, violation of human rights and/or utterances of a defamatory nature. Yet, the Sosoliso air mishap did not mark the end of such tragic crashes. But in the 1990s, an increase in crime along the roadways led several parents to worry that driving was too risky. Port Harcourt Airport had one fire truck and no ambulances. About 100 feet below the decision altitude, this call was made. The new Airbus A380 with over 800 passengers has demonstrated evacuation in 90 seconds of all the passengers, with only half of its exit doors usable. The producers of Extra teamed up with Artists for Traumas, Laura Sharpe, and a medical team to help the singer. An unexpected result of the crash and her injuries was that Kechi discovered a new voice - while she could sing before, all of a sudden Kechis voice was getting everyones attention. Netflix has released a teaser of its murder mystery "Unseen "and it demonstrates how deadly cleaning the house may be. August 31, 2017. One crash too many, is the best description fit for the tragedy of December 10, 2005. Opera News does not consent to nor does it condone the posting of any content that violates the rights (including the copyrights) of any third party, nor content that may malign, inter alia, any religion, ethnic group, organization, gender, company, or individual. She was born on October 29, 1989 and is the first child of her parents. The label was founded in 2019 in Johannesburg and is managed by Edo State-born Osamede Donald Omoregie. The controller then gave the go-ahead for the aircraft to land on Runway 21 but cautioned the pilots that there was a chance of hydroplaning since the runway might be a little damp. Televangelist Bimbo Odukoya, pastor of the Fountain of Life Church, was also on the ill-fated flight. However, while the first anniversary of the Sosoliso crash was approaching (exactly November 17, 2006), the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) clamped down on the airline, suspending its operating licence. Sosoliso Airlines Limited is a carrier of domestic scheduled passengers, which has had its headquarters in Ikeja, Lagos State, for most of its history. Worldwide we recognise women are beginning to acknowledge the existence of their feminine power, how limitless they are and are being more intentional with their progression to success. Kechi was one of them. 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Bimbo's husband, Pastor Taiwo Odukoya made the announcement during a service at the church. On the 10th of December, 2005, there were 7 crew members and 103 passengers on board Flight 1145. Kechi later went on to take part in the twelfth season of Americas Got Talent in 2017 as a singer, and finished the competition as a finalist. Ekefre and Arch. Sosoliso Crash Flight 1145 was a regularly scheduled domestic passenger flight that was bound for Port Harcourt, the seat of Rivers State, from Abuja, the capital of Nigeria. The Nigerian-owned Sosoliso was established in 1994. Guess What She Did To It? Pastor Odukoya's personal assistant, Bunmi Amusan (now Bunmi Adams) survived the plane crash and got married a year later. She succumbed to her injuries the day after the accident. Copyright 2022 AutoJosh Automotive Company Limited. She was to address the press after surviving the crash but her father canceled the press conference. 10:32 pm, Sosoliso Airlines Flight 1145 Plane crash survivor, Kechi Okwuchi, continues with life-altering surgeries. The greatest challenge we have faced has been with the Port Harcourt branch of the parents Association of Loyola Jesuit College. At first, Loyola Jesuit College students from Port Harcourt took buses to get from their homes to school. In 2017, she took part in the 12th season of Americas Got Talent as a singer and she finished as a finalist. mr male 31. ekeruwa a. master male 32. ellah i.a miss female 33. emesiobi c. mr . (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Two months after she could have been dead and buried along with 106 other passengers on the Sosoliso plane that crashed last December, one of the survivors, Miss Bunmi Amusan will this weekend put the tragedy behind her as she goes into a marriage that must have been made in heaven. The controller subsequently informed Flight 1145 that there was a chance of rain at the airport. The flight was between Abuja and Port Harcourt. [5][6]A new multi-purpose auditorium, Memorial Hall, memorializes the students who died in the crash. Like us, the Federal Government wishes the matter to be resolved amicably. Sosoliso Airlines Flight 1145 Plane crash survivor, Kechi Okwuchi, continues with life-altering surgeries. Most passengers were young people travelling home for the holidays between the ages of 12 and 16. mr male 30. ekere a.n. The aircraft, a DC-9-32 with registration number 5N-BFD on a scheduled flight, which was to have left at 10 am, was delayed until 1.26pm when it took off from the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. A visit by the aggrieved parents to the new Aviation Minister was all it took for the minister to bare his fangs. //]]> 23 November 2018 | These words are food for though for the incumbent minister and all stakeholders. Following the crash, president Olusegun Obasanjo ordered all Sosoliso planes grounded. Well in this case women. Please leave a comment with your thoughts on this story. Kechi who is one of the two survivors of the plane crash disclosed that on every anniversary of the incident, she rededicates her life to the promise she made to those who died which is "to live for them". Pastor Bimbo Odukoya. Little did they know that tragedy was lurking around and that those in the bowel of the aircraft, who were already at the destination, would not make it alive. Operators in the sector areas that promote air safety should pre-occupy the ministers attention. To come out of the wreck of an object flying at a speed of about 800Km/hr and about 5000m above sea level is beyond words. Her wedding was held on 21st February 2006 in St. Annes Church, Molete, Ibadan and she had Plaster of Paris (POP) on her left arm but that didnt stop the wedding from being a society wedding with glitz and glamour. She was inducted into 6 academic honor societies. Motivational speaker and singer, Kechi Okwuchi, has penned a short tribute to honour the memory of victims of the Sosoliso plane crash of December 10 2005. . She got married after 2 months of the crash to Babajide Adams who was a staff of an insurance company and an usher at the Fountain of Life Church owned by Taiwo Odukoya, husband of late pastor Bimbo. Okwuchi was a speaker at TedxEuston where she gave a talk titled Girls- know thyself. Another victim was Okoloma Maduewesi, a childhood friend of . Sosoliso Airlines Flight 1145 (SO1145/OSL1145) was a scheduled Nigerian domestic passenger flight from Nigeria's capital of Abuja ( ABV) to Port Harcourt ( PHC ). Who is Bumi Adams? If the content contained herein violates any of your rights, including those of copyright, and/or violates any the above mentioned factors, you are requested to immediately notify us using via the following email address operanews-external(at)opera.com and/or report the article using the available reporting functionality built into our Platform The ill-fated airliner was the only plane in our fleet of five which was not owned by us. New to Naijabiography? Articles and commentaries that identify allAfrica.com as the publisher are produced or commissioned by AllAfrica. The problem we have is with JAT, and the failure to live up to its responsibility is now the subject of litigation in London. Meet Kechi Okwuchi, a plane crash survivor who found joy as a social impact advocate on her comeback Kechi Okwuchi's life story is a very emotional one however it is her courage and character. Able-bodied men, women and children roasted in the ferocious inferno that erupted from the crashed plane. In response to the tragedy, Olusegun Obasanjo, the countrys then-president, cut short his trip to Portugal and vowed to revamp Nigerias aviation industry and fix gaps in the nations aviation safety regulations. The visit was recorded and is now being syndicated among television stations and aired at prime periods. July 20,2021. The latest movie by Tope Oshin Ogun, Here Love Lies, is set for release as from March 3, on various platforms. By submitting above, you agree to our privacy policy. Kechi and her family moved from Nigeria to the US for medical treatment and to date she has had 100-plus reconstructive surgeries. She was one of the sixty-one secondary school students from Loyola Jesuit College going home for the Christmas holiday. The ADC crash is another pointer to the failure in this direction. Download Opera News APP, By MaryKiara (self media writer) | 2 years ago. The. Violence disrupts gubernatorial primaries, Change in investment philosophy by Nigeria's sovereign fund, Bill Gates tells Nigeria "how it is" in person. Flight 1145 was a regularly scheduled domestic passenger flight that was bound for Port Harcourt, the seat of Rivers State, from Abuja, the capital of Nigeria. Many passengers survived the initial impact but died in the resulting fire. After his 2018 breakout single dubbed, Man on Duty, and his string of successful solos including Work n Grind, as well as the Teni-assisted Murder, King Perryy tore through the veils of the underground community, ascending to a much-deserved prominence.

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