An aircraft with Adebayo Adelabu, Minister of Power, on board has crash-landed near the lbadan Airport in Oyo State.
According to reports that the incident
happened on Friday night.
However, it could not stated if the
minister or those on board sustained any
injury in the incident.
Report says, the aircraft had departed from Abuja.
The chartered aircraft, Flint Short Aero,
an HS 125 with the registration number
5N-AMM, was also said to have had an
initial contact with the control tower
at 18:56 seeking an extension, which
was granted by the Nigerian Airspace
Management Agency (NAMA).
However, the aircraft landed short of the
threshold by about 50 metres and skidded into a bushy ditch close to the runway.
The incident happened after the Nigerian
Metrological Agency, NiMET, issued a travel warning based on hazy weathe.
The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority
(NCAA) had also advised pilots and
airline operators to exercise caution oveer hazardous weather as the dry season approaches.
The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau, NSIB, is yet to issue any official statement about the incident.
Daily Trust