According to multiple emails I have received from affected former staff, Richard Branson’s Virgin Atlantic Airways has laid off all their Nigerian cabin crew.

A Medview Airline aircraft that took off from the Murtala Muhammed Airport 2, Lagos enroute Abuja, made an emergency landing this afternoon due to a technical fault it developed midair.

My name is Joy Ogbebo nicknamed ‘Mama J’. I have spent twenty three years in the Aviation industry as a Cabin Crew, Crew Development Purser, Crew Line Manager, Customer relationship manager, Performance Manager and Head Cabin and Inflight Services.