"Celebrate Brooklyn" Performer Dies On Flight To Native Nigeria

Guitarist Alaba Pedro
By Saharareporters, New York

Alaba Pedro, the seventy-two year old guitarist with the Faaji Agba Collective band, died Tuesday, July 26, on an Arik airline flight from New York City to Lagos. Band members said Mr. Pedro had difficulties breathing one hour into the nine hour flight and died two hours later.

On Friday July 22, the band gave a sizzling performance during a day-long festival concert. The event, "Celebrate Brooklyn" was marking its 30th summer. The band is famously led by Fatai Rolling Dollar.

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pls wat exactly happened to

pls wat exactly happened to this Ms. Benedicta Molokwu???

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Let's be careful not to make

Let's be careful not to make sweeping remarks with extremely limited info. The fellow claiming to be a medical student has only made a guess but yet is 99% certain?

and by the way, the primary reason passengers are advised to perform flight exercises is to prevent DVT (deep vein thrombosis) and not heart attacks.

Celebrate Brooklyn" Performer Dies On Flight To Native Nigeria

the airline is free of blame, the band members noticed that he is in trouble but boarded the flight, how can the personel know he is sick. They kept it secret

RE: are you kidding by Paul Young

I have only one thing to say to you young man, if you do no understand the issues at stake you do not have to contribute to put on display your ignorance.

My guess is that you are in your first or second year of medical school if indeed you are a medical student. I do not need to say more than this.

Nigerians.............

Nigerians, why are we quick to castigate? Its a mere coincidence as far as im concern, The man is 72yrs old for christ sake, if he died of a heart attack, is it Arik Airlines that attacked him? At 72, one will just be like a baby and prone to so many natural attacks. The man has lived a fufilled life as far as im concern and may his gentle soul RIP

Health and Safety

Can you name two of the equipment's that should be on board that need to be up to date, Arik may not be the Model Airline but the truth is people die from time to time to in flight the said Aircraft is under a Portuguese Registration which means it is subject to European Union Joint Aviation Authority (JAA)rules and regulation and where exactly where you expecting the man to die? since some of us seem to know the right place to die.

I must submit Arik management

I must submit Arik management and the flight certifying agency have a lot to answer.I would say l received a good treatment from the staff,when l collapsed in the plan enroute Abuja from London-for this l give the staff much kudos when l fainted,but this 2nd incident raises some concern now,
A.is there something wrong with their Air-Condition system,thus making people collapsed?.
B.Why will a pilot not divert flight,he's so much in a rush to meet deadline at the detriment of a life.
C.Do this airline staff get regular retraining?
D.What is FAAN standards on training monitoring?.
Na wa o.It is well,everything inclusive of regulators na jagajaga

are you kidding??

why are you so anti-arikair..is this the first time you have heard of someone dying on board an aircraft? please nigerians be objective in your criticism. if you have a problem with arikair there's lots of ways to address it..as a medical student i can say with 99% certainty that this man died from either pulmonary embolism or a heart attack...thats why they always advice people on long flights to get up and walk about from time to time

Travellers should stop flying

Travellers should stop flying arik air period and get an alternative period. Baba RIP

ARIK FLIGHT

The signs have been on the wall for a while, this is a flight that refused to open the flight first aid box to give a young passenger anagelsic (panadol, Tynerol ) tablet on a 9 hrs flight after so much delay at the point of departure.
Question - Why did the cabin crew not identify the seriousness of the illness
Answer - He is just another black pax conplaining about everything that his own country's regulator do not care about
Question -Why did the Capt not divert back to NY to save the pax.
Answer - because he is just a black live freight to fly to Lagos and does not affect him living or dead.
Final Question - What would NCAA do,
Answwer - Lecture the public \
The family of the man is entitled to Sue for negluigence and willfull homocide under all international aviation law.
Flights on the same route divert back for passengers arguing on board about seat position but not about a life threatning event.

Arik Airline Stinks

We asking for too much if we think that airline has health equipment for their crews and passsengers.
The airline only few weeks ago paid the Nigerian workers three months salary arrears. Owned by a Nigerian or Nigerians but never default in paying the foreign workers their monthly salaries. What kind of slavery mentality are the owners and management of Arik airline portraying to the whole world. Saharareporters and readers can please verify this story about the constant delay of the airline paying Nigerian workers their due monthly salaries. Thank you.

ARIK AIR AGAIN!

First it was a character by name Ms. Benedicta Molokwu and now this! A fee paying passenger develops health issues mid air, the unprofessional pilot insists on continuing the flight without any attempts whatsoever to seek medical help for the distressed passenger. Am I being told that other hapless passengers were on this flight with a corpse?

Arik Air has demonstrated enough disdain for air passengers to merit an international sanction. What are we waiting for?

Ohhhh Sorryyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!

May his soul rest in perfect peace. I guess he overstayed his time in the cold abroad thinking he is enjoying not mindful of his health.

ARIK........... Take Precautions nd Recruit Good Crews

Na wa o.may his souls rest in peace,Amen.i flown in to nig on 21st july via Arik,am really disgusted with d crew.all d girls in dat flight are so rude,no smile on their faces,if u call their attention 4 anything,dey reluntantly answer u on will not even come at all,they left their toilet unclean,nd so many obsrvatns,Airk stated well,but where are u heading tooooo,pls take precautions nd be hospitable

This man very likely died of

This man very likely died of pulmonary embolism ( a blood clot in the lungs). If the account of what happened is correct, then the pilot and crew had enough time to return to base or make an emergency landing at the nearest country so the man could get medical treatment. Reputable airlines like BA would have done just that. That says so much about what life means to nigerians either as individuals or corporate entities.

R.I.P.

May his jolly soul R.I.P.He was a jolly PAPA.Could have died from a multitude of things,in this order ,Sudden Blood clot to the lungs,Heart Attack,Asthma,Stroke....you never know.....He gave a lot of good vibes and had fun in the "BIG APPLE".JOLLY PAPA....R.I.P.

Adieu.

Rest in peace, Sir.

Health & Safety Equipment on Arik Air.

May his soul rest in peace. Has any government agency checked the health and safety equipment on Arik Air. Dont be suprised, it might be good for Nigerians to know that its up to date.

may his soul rest in

may his soul rest in peace.AMEN!

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