ABUJA, Jan 25: A British Airways plane bound for London with 155 passengers and 14 crew on board made an emergency landing in northern Nigeria on Saturday after smoke was detected in the cockpit, the airline said.

The pilot of flight BA 82, which originated in Nigeria’s capital Abuja, safely landed the Boeing 777 aircraft in Kano.

“The flight crew detected smoke in the cockpit and took the decision to divert as a precaution,” British Airways said on Sunday.

“We apologise to passengers for the inconvenience caused.”

Smoke was first detected in the cockpit early on Saturday during a flight from London to Abuja. BA said its engineers inspected the plane and believed the problem had been fixed.

About an hour after the plane departed from Abuja, crew again reported smoke in the cockpit and diverted to Kano.—Reuters