TRAGEDY AVERTED AS UNITED NIGERIA PLANE OVERSHOOTS RUNWAY IN LAGOS

Tragedy was averted on Friday evening as an aircraft belonging to United Nigeria airline skidded off the runway at Murtala Muhammed International Airport Lagos. The aircraft, with registration number 5NBWY, skidded off at about 6:48 pm while trying to land under a very high rainfall. According to a source, who does not want to be mentioned, 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…

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