•Nigerian Senate The Senate has ordered a full-scale investigation into rising safety concerns within the aviation sector, following revelations from the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) about a runway overrun incident involving an Air Peace aircraft at Port Harcourt International Airport. The resolution was passed today after a mot...
•Lagos airport runway The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has announced the temporary closure of Runway 18R/36L at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, for rehabilitation work. The closure, scheduled for today March 3 and tomorrow March 4, comes just two weeks after the runway was reopened following an 11-month maintenan...
An Allied Air Cargo aircraft with registration number 5N-JRT skidded off Runway 22 at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja, prompting a temporary shutdown of the airport. The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) confirmed the incident, which occurred at 10:05 a.m. today, and disclosed that five people were on board the air...
A Boeing passenger plane came off the runway during takeoff in Senegal today, injuring 11 people and shutting the international airport near the capital Dakar for almost 12 hours, management said. The B737/300 aircraft, an Air Senegal flight chartered by privately-owned Transair, was carrying 78 passengers and headed for the Malian capital Bam...
•Dana Air plane skids off runway The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) said it has re-opened the runway 18L/36R at the Murtala Mohammed Airport in Lagos for flight operations. The runway was temporary closed following the skidding off of a Dana Air plane on it yesterday. The reopening was revealed by Mrs Obiageli Orah, […]
•Dana Air A Dana Air-owned aircraft overshot the runway at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos this morning. The incident was reported to have occurred a few minutes past 10 am. Reports claim there are no casualties recorded, but details of the incident are still sketchy as of the time of filing this report. […]
The 9th edition of the Pan African Music Runway (MFR), organised by NMO Management limited, held in Lagos with lots of style and panache. The edition, as always, featured lots of music, and fashion shows, reports Daily Sun. The event featured 18 young emerging designers under the theme, “Empowering The Creative/Corporate Mix To Align Infrastru...
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) yesterday failed to reopen the runway 18R/36L of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos, which it promised to achieve by the end of the month. This is despite the huge inconveniences the foreign airlines are going through since March 11th 2023 when the runway was shut [&helli...
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