Panic as plane skids off runway at Lagos Airport

By Kazeem Ugbodaga

A aircraft belonging to the United Nigeria Airways skidded off the runway on Wednesday on the local cruise of the Murtala Muhammed World airport, Lagos.

There modified into horror among the 50 passengers that boarded the aircraft which arrived from Ebonyi.

Achilleus-Chud Uchegbu, The Head, Corporate Communications of the airline, acknowledged the aircraft landed safely nonetheless modified into forced to end its movement to the apron off the runway.

Per him, all passengers disembarked safely and were transported to the appearance corridor alongside their baggage.

He acknowledged officers of the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) were on the scene of the incident.

He acknowledged FAAN, alongside UNA engineers were working to switch the aircraft to the hangar.

Uchegbu added that the Nigeria Civil Aviation Company (NCAA) and the Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) had been duly notified and were on the scene.

He acknowledged the United Nigeria Airways modified into collaborating fully with the authorities.

Uchegbu acknowledged the airline normally maintained the strictest safety standards in its operations and would proceed to prioritise the safety of passengers the least bit instances.

On 7 May maybe merely, 2023, a Max Air flight atomize-landed on the Nnamdi Azikiwe World Airport with 143 passengers and a child escaping death by the whiskers.

The 2 tyres of the aircraft burst into flames after it atomize-landed with emergency our bodies inserting out the fireplace.