LAGOS, Jan. 22 (Xinhuanet) -- Virgin Nigeria, the west African county's national carrier, recalled a flight carrying 92 passengers 23 minutes after taking-off from the commercial capital Lagos, a company statement said on Sunday.

    "The A320-200 aircraft which had 92 passengers on board made a safe landing (on Saturday) after an air conditioning problem was detected," the statement said, adding that 31 of the passengers refused to travel again.

    Others were, however, merged with those on board of another of the aircraft heading to the southern oil city of Port Harcourt, where an air crash killed 106 people on board on December 10, including students.

    The plane, which left Lagos for Port Harcourt, arrived safely at 12:45 hours, the statement said.

    In the last three months, Nigeria witnessed three air disasters that claimed more than 200 lives. Nigeria's Sunday Punch newspaper quoted statistics as saying at least 932 people have been killed in plane crashes between 1969 and 2005 in the west African country. Enditem