Bishop Oyedepo escaped third potential plane crash.

Bishop David Oyedepo of the Living Faith Church Worldwide, otherwise known as Winners ’ Chapel , on Friday chronicled his escape from a recent incident that could have led to a crash of the plane that he was travelling in.
Pastor Oyedepo was travelling from Cyprus to Israel in company with his wife and three other key members of the church .
He described the incident in a written testimony read out to the congregation by a church member during a thanksgiving service at the Canaanland headquarters of the church in Ota , Ogun State .
According to the testimony , it was the third potential plane crash that the bishop would escape .
He said the first was an incident in 1997 while travelling from Kaduna to Lagos while the second was during a Lagos flight to Kano in 1998 .
In the 1997 incident , Oyedepo said “ all hell broke loose ” and “landing in Lagos became impossible” during a heavy thunderstorm .
He said the aircraft went up and down as the captain attempted to land during several attempts until he eventually landed.
He said , “ In the second incident , one engine of our aircraft failed in -flight . On May 4, 1998, we were on a flight to Kano when I noticed our plane was going down. I went to the cockpit to ask the pilot what was going on. Then, he announced that we just lost one engine .
“Calmly , I told him to make a turn back to Lagos . We were eight on board . As soon as we landed and we were at our packing space , we heard a sound that announced the death of the second engine .”
In the third and recent incident , Oyedepo said the cause of the incident was a stabiliser trim motor failure , according to the report of the captain, Samuel Adeboga .
The bishop said , “After the failure, the auto -pilot could no longer exact the required pressure to keep the aircraft in the required altitude for stability .
“The captain disconnected the auto -pilot and returned the aircraft to the required altitude for that phase of flight . Because the aircraft was out of trim , during the take-over , the aircraft abruptly pitched up with much G -force and the captain counter -acted it with a pitch downforce .
“These two counter - forces caused the abrupt turbulence and movement in the cabin and the cargo hold . Heavy items in the cargo hold fell from their compartments and made loud bang noise . We thank the God of this great commission for making the pilot act promptly. Similar incidents in the past have resulted in fatal accidents and loss of life .”