An Aerocontractors Airlines crash-landed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja on Sunday morning, leading to the closure of the airport’s runway.
A Boeing 737 with the registration mark 5N-BYQ was involved in the incident.
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The Lagos-bound aircraft arrived in Abuja and, in an attempt to evacuate the runway via A4, got its nose wheel caught in the grass verge with its fuselage on the runway.
“Consequently, the runway was closed pending the towing of the aircraft from the runway,” the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau said in a statement, adding that an investigation has commenced into the “serious incident”.
“There was no injury or fatality,” said a spokesman for the Bureau, James Odaudu.