A plane carrying Nigeria's football team, including Calvin Bassey, Samuel Chukwueze, Alex Iwobi of Fulham, was forced to make a emergency landing after suffering a cracked windscreen as they travelled to a crunch World Cup qualifier.
The Super Eagles had been travelling home from Polokwane in South Africa, where they had earned a 2-1 victory over Lesotho on Friday.
A chartered ValueJet Airline aircraft, which had been used to take the team to South Africa last week, was used again for the return journey.
The Nigerian Football Federation stated that the aircraft stopped in Angola's capital Luanda for routine refuelling.
In a statement, the federation confirmed the aircraft's windscreen suffered a 'heavy crack' in mid-air.
This led to the pilots needing to make an emergency landing 25 minutes into the flight, with the plane landed safely back at the airport in Luanda.