JUST IN: Another aircraft skids off runway at Lagos Airport

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The Nation Newspaper JUST IN: Another aircraft skids off runway at Lagos Airport

A medium range aircraft Embraer 145 belonging to a premium services provider Xejet Airlines has skidded off the runway and plunged into the grass areas of Runway 18Left of Lagos Airport.

According to sources at the airport, the 18Left Runway has been closed to aircraft traffic as personnel of the Aerodrome Fire and Safety Rescue Unit of theXejet Airlines is a business class only airline based in Nigeria. The source hinted:” Another aircraft belonging to Xejet Airlines has skidded off the runway at the Lagos Airport . The incident occurred about 11:29 am, as the plane veered into the grass verge by B5.

Aircraft skidding off the runway , experts say could be attributed to the heavy downpour which characterised Saturday in Lagos.”

 

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