Flights into Abuja have been temporarily suspended by the Nigerian
Civil Aviation Authority.
A statement by the special Assistant on media to the Minister of
Aviation JOE OBI said a Saudi Arabian B Seven Four Seven cargo aircraft landed
in Abuja last night and veered off at the maneuvering area of the runway, ran
into a maintenance area of the runway and stopped.
The statement added that no casualty was recorded and that efforts
are underway to move the air craft away following a preliminary assessment
visit by Aviation and other relevant agencies.
He said the suspended of flights into the airport was to
facilitate evacuation efforts to clear the runway.
JOE however cautioned that the incident was not a plane crash and
that the Federal Ministry of Aviation regrets all inconveniences this must have
caused.
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