BREAKING: United Nigeria Airlines Aircraft Carrying 51 Passengers Skids Off Lagos Airport Runway

The airspace has been opened for operations now


At Lagos’ Murtala Muhammed International Airport on Friday night, an aircraft veered off the runway.

At around 6:48 p.m., while attempting to land in heavy rain, the aircraft, which is believed to be a United Nigerian airliner with the registration number 5NBWY, went off the runway.

The Airfield was momentarily shut down but reopened around 8:10 p.m., according to a source who does not wish to be named.

“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.

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