We Didn’t Launch Viral Video Of Stripped Passenger – Ibom Air

The administration of Ibom Air has denied releasing the viral video displaying a feminine passenger stripped bare whereas being dragged off one among its planes at Lagos Airport.

Talking in an interview with TVC Information on Monday, the Ibom Air Group Supervisor, Advertising and marketing and Communications, Aniekan Essienette, distanced the airline from the footage that has stirred outrage throughout social media.

“The video was recorded on the airplane, however there have been a number of folks on board who weren’t Ibom Air workers. Anybody may have taken it,” Ms Essienette stated. “I can let you know categorically that Ibom Air didn’t launch the video. We don’t condone such indecent publicity, and it’s unlucky that the video has gone viral.”

LEADERSHIP studies that the incident occurred on Sunday, August 10 after the passenger allegedly refused to modify off her digital gadget in defiance of Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) security guidelines, which require gadgets to be utterly powered down throughout flights.

Ms. Essienette defined that the pilot-in-command known as safety after the passenger resisted disembarking, prompting the cabin crew to restrain her.

“Our crew needed to restrain her to make sure safety may escort her off the airplane,” she stated.

The airline’s stance got here amid rising public criticism of how the passenger was manhandled, with many Nigerians describing the ordeal as humiliating and degrading.

Regardless of the backlash, Ms Essienette defended the airline’s safety-first method.

“Ibom Air values our prospects and prides itself on reliability and glorious service. We stay dedicated to those rules,” she acknowledged. “Most individuals obey the rule to modify off gadgets. The airline atmosphere is managed, and security should come first.”