The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, Tuesday denied reports that a Dana Airplane crash landed at the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos, saying it was a runway excursion.
Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, NCAA, Mr Mike Achimugu who said officials of the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau, NSIB were investigating the occurrence which involved a McDonald Douglas (MD-83) reiterated that it was not an accident.
Achimugu said: “Even the images would prove that it was a runway excursion. It is called a ‘serious incident’ and not even an accident. There was no crash landing. The statutory agency for investigating incidents like this is the NSIB and they are on ground.”
An aviation management consultant, Mr Babatunde Adeniji, also said: “A runway incursion is when an aircraft or vehicle that should not be on the runway enters the runway. A runway excursion is when an aircraft veers off or overruns the runway. Today’s mishap was a runway excursion.
“We don’t speculate in aviation, we always wait for the investigators’ reports. But, remember the aircraft takes off and lands at an extremely high speed, so any small wrong turn or skid in the surface can catapult it anywhere.”
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