KNUST Product becomes ‘First female’ to Land Aeroplane at New Anambra Airport
Nwando Okplaeke Phina, a Nigerian citizen and a product of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), has gained massive popularity on social media after she reportedly became the first female pilot to land a plane in Anambra.
The State Governor of the Anambra East local government area, Chief Willie Obiano on the 30th of April, 2021 inaugurated the Anambra International Cargo and Passenger Airport in the Umueri community with a magnificent presentation.
During the test run, Nwando Phina, who is a Nigerian and a resident of Azia in Ihiala Local Government Area of the Anambra State landed an Aircraft at the newly inaugurated Airport.
Miss Nwando Phina, a graduate of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST ) – Kumasi, studied BSc. Computer Engineering as an undergraduate and later was trained at an Air school in South Africa where she was certified to fly commercial aero planes.
Nwando’s younger sister, Sonia Uzama, took to her Twitter handle to break the news and expressed her joy for the sister.
In one of her tweets, she said that their dad would have been so proud of Nwando if he was still alive.
It was a moment laced with great pride and happiness as people gathered at the lounge to welcome the flight crew.
As the crew came into sight, the passengers started clapping. One of them shouted “that’s she” as a way to point out the heroine of the day.
