67 passengers, five crew cheat death as aircraft skids off runway at Port Harcourt airport
Sixty-Seven passengers and five crew members of a Valuejet aircraft CRJ 900 Bombardier with registration number 5N – BXR escaped death on Tuesday as the aircraft slipped off the runway while taxiing after landing at the Port Harcourt International Airport in Rivers State.
Penpushing reports that the airline’s Managing Director, Dapo Majekodunmi, blamed the incident on algae on the taxiway which made it unable to maintain the centre line situation, adding that no damage was done to the aircraft, and no fatality was recorded
The incident occurred about 48 hours after another aircraft was nose-stuck at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja, the federal Capital Territory (FCT), which involved a Boeing 737 aircraft with the registration number: 5N-BYQ belonging to Aero Contractors, occurred.
Penpushing further reports that the spokesperson for the Nigeria Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) James Odaudu said aircraft, which departed Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos in the morning nose-stuck at the Abuja airport after landing around 10:47 a.m., forcing authorities to temporarily shut down the runway.
‘The aircraft upon landing at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja from Lagos and in a bid to exit the runway via A4 had its nose wheel stuck in the grass verge with its fuselage on the runway’ Odaudu
‘The NSIB, hereby, solicits information from the general public in the form of pictures, video or recording evidence to assist in conducting a comprehensive investigation. The NSIB is a multimodal investigation agency charged with the mandate to investigate transportation accidents and serious incidents in Nigeria to identify the probable causes and proffer safety recommendations that can prevent re-occurrence.”
Penpushing also reports that spokesperson for the Nigeria Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) gave assurance to release the preliminary investigation report as soon as possible and completed.
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