Nigeria, Dec. 12 -- The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) stepped in on Thursday after a bird strike on a United Nigeria Airlines (UNA) aircraft forced the cancellation of a flight and left over one hundred passengers stranded at the domestic wing of Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.

NCAA spokesperson Michael Achimugu said the regulator acted quickly to prevent further escalation and restore order at the terminal.

"To avert further disaster at the domestic wing of the Abuja airport, my team and I needed to rush down to the terminal where I addressed the over one hundred passengers scheduled to fly Abuja-Owerri via United Nigeria Airline," he said.

The authority confirmed that the aircraft had suffered a bird strike, w...