/ 28 February 2001

TIME TO TRADE IN THAT JET

NIGERIAN Vice-President Atiku Abubakar was on board a presidential aircraft when it crash-landed in Spain at the weekend. Officials said the Boeing 727 which took Atiku and 15 aides to Portugal last week developed engine problems on its return before crash-landing on the Spanish island of Tenerife. No one was hurt. It was the second time in a month that the 20-year-old plane had problems, the officials said. – Reuters