…As NSIB Confirms Incident
…Evacuation Ongoing
Xejet Airlines Embraer 145 aircraft with registration No 5NBZZ with 55 passengers flying from Abuja to Lagos today skidded off the 18 left runway of the Murtala Muhammed Airport(MMA),Lagos on landing at 11.29 am.
The Xejet Airlines aircraft with 52 passengers and three crew on landing Runway 18L skidded off the Runway into the grass verge by B5 aircraft details are;
Although no passengers onboard the plane were hurt, men of the Fire and Rescue unit of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria(FAAN)are already on ground to help in the evacuation of the passengers.
The serious incident Ontimenewsng.com learnt has led FAAN to close the 18b left domestic runway for flight operations pending the removal of the incident aircraft .
The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau(NSIB has confirmed the serious incident and that a team has been deployed to the site of the accident .
