Our reporter/ The country on Friday night averted tragedy as a private jet which had Adebayo Adelabu, Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu on board crash-landed near Ibadan Airport in Oyo State.
The details of the incident are still sketchy but the incident happened after the Nigerian Metrological Agency (NiMET) issued travel warning based on hazy weather.
It is not clear if the minister or those on board sustained any injury in the incident.
The chartered aircraft Flint Short Aero, an HS 125 with the registration number: 5N-AMM, had an initial contact with the control tower at 18:56 seeking for extension, which was granted by the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), according to reports.
The aircraft departed Abuja with Ibadan as its destination but landed short of the threshold with about 50 metres and skidded into a bushy ditch close to the runway.
Dr James Odaudu, Director, Public Affairs and Consumer Protection of the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB), said investigation was ongoing.
“On the accident involving an aircraft operated by Flint Aero at the Samuel Ladoke Akintola Airport Ibadan, please be informed that the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) has commenced investigation into the cause.
Our investigators are on site, and further information will be provided as soon as possible,” he said in a terse statement.
A spokesperson of NSIB, Mr. Tunji Oketunmbi, had earlier told reporters the Bureau’s investigators were on ground in Ibadan to ascertain the immediate and remote causes of the incident.
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