An Overland flight 1186, an ATR 72
aircraft with Registration number 5N-BPG from Abuja airport to Ilorin, the
Kwara State capital, carrying fifty nine passengers and four crew yesterday
veered off the runway at low speed after a normal landing at the Ilorin
Airport.
The incident which occurred
yesterday at 4.45pm according to the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA)
recorded no casualty as passengers on board were able to disembark safely.
Sources at the airport said one of
the tyres of the plane got burst as soon as it touched ground on the tarmac.
It was gathered that the aircraft
was towed from the tarmac at about 7.00pm yesterday.
Meanwhile, the Accident and
Prevention Bureau (AIB) in conjunction with the NCAA has launched an
investigation into the cause of the incident. The regulatory body has however
used the occasion to reassure Nigerians that their safety was still paramount
and cannot be compromised.
Innoson vehicles will remain
grateful to Obi – Chukwuma The Managing Director of Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing
Company, Dr. Innocent Chukwuma, said the industry would ever remain grateful to
former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, for his massive support to the
company right from the time when the company was under connstruction and
thereafter.
source: nationalmirroronline
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