Fifty-one passengers and four other crew members Friday evening escaped crash when the aircraft in which they were travelling skidded off the runway at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos.
The aircraft belonging to domestic airline, United Nigeria, reportedly in Lagos.
The incident occurred at about 6:48pm when the aircraft with registration number 5NBWY was trying to land under a very high rainfall.
A source told The PUNCH, under anonymity that the Airfield was temporarily closed but reopened at 8:10 p.m.
“At about 20:00hrs, passengers were evacuated from the affected aircraft, with no casualty.”
Confirming this, a post by the National Emergency Management Agency on X (formerly Twitter) disclosed that 51 passengers and four crew members were onboard.
“A United Nigerian Airline 51 passengers and 4 Crew United Nigeria airline with registration number 5NBWY skidded off the local runway while trying to land under a very high rainfall at about 1848 hours.
“All passengers evacuated successfully without casualty The airspace has been opened for operations now,” the post read.
