NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT BEGINS INVESTIGATION INTO RUNWAY EXCURSION INCIDENT AT ABUJA AIRPORT
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The Nigerian government said that it had opened an investigation into the runway excursion at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja that involved an Allied Air cargo plane.
In a statement released in Abuja on Wednesday, Bimbo Oladeji, the Director of Public Affairs and Family Assistance for the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB), made this information public.
“The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) has commenced an investigation into the runway excursion involving a Boeing 737-400 (Cargo) aircraft with registration and nationality marks 5N-JRT, operated by Allied Air,” the statement said.
According to the statement, the aircraft excursion incident occurred at about 10:06 a.m. local time on Wednesday at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja.
“The aircraft, operating as flight AJK206 from Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, skidded off the right side of Runway 22 into the grass verge after landing,” the NSIB said.
Allied Air Cargo was reported to have gone off the runway at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja on Wednesday.
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