Highly-placed Nigerians, others escape death as plane crash lands

Some highly-placed Nigerians and other passengers narrowly escaped death as the aircraft crash-landed at about 9.30 am on Friday in Ilorin International Airport from Abuja.

The plane landed with a bang, which affected the cabin with luggage falling on passengers.

It was gathered with the impact of the crash the plane could not taxi to the tarmac.

But all the traumatised passengers were successfully evacuated from the runway.

Following the incident, the runway of the Ilorin International Airport has been closed to traffic.

As at the time of filing this report, efforts were being made to relocate the plane from the runway.

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It was learnt that the process of moving the plane from the runway was slow because, according to a source, “it is a bigger aircraft and we have no equipment.

“We are in the process of removing the aircraft. We have been on it for 24 hours,” the source added.

But the Federal Aviation Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and other agencies offered to keep the incident under wraps.

“We were directed to manage the situation,” the source said.

Details later…

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