Nigeria, July 9 -- An Air Peace aircraft scheduled to evacuate stranded Nigerians from South Africa was unable to operate after its windshield reportedly shattered in Johannesburg, forcing the airline to deploy a replacement, PREMIUM TIMES has learnt.

Sources familiar with the evacuation operation told PREMIUM TIMES that the incident occurred on Tuesday in Johannesburg, South Africa, where the aircraft had been scheduled to pick up about 270 Nigerians.

The sources said the aircraft, operating Flight P47668, could not continue with the evacuation after its windshield shattered before the evacuation began.

Air Peace subsequently dispatched another aircraft to complete the evacuation.

A source familiar with the operation also told PREMIU...