Narrow Escape! Private Jet With VIPs Onboard Overshoots Runway In Ibadan

A tragedy was averted on Friday, January 26, 2024 after a private jet with about 10 persons onboard including Very Important Personalities (VIPs) overshot the Ibadan airport runway in the Oyo State capital.

An impeccable source said the incident happened on Friday around 11 am at the Samuel Ladoke Akintola Airport.

This development is coming on the heels of a similar incident in November, 2023 when the Minister Of Power, Adebayo, Adelabu narrowly escaped death when a plane he was on board crash-landed at the same airport.

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In the latest development, the jet with registration number, N580KR, missed the runway and skidded into the nearby bush.

Firefighters and rescue officials from the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) were immediately deployed to the scene. But there was no death or casualty recorded.

“It was a private plane from Abuja. It landed safely but overshot the runway. There was no casualty,” a spokesperson for the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Carol Adekotujo, disclosed.

When contacted, a spokesman for the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) Tunji Oketunmbi, confirmed the incident but said a team had been dispatched to the site for a probe.