One month after Air Peace announced the commencement of Ilorin flight from Lagos and Abuja, an Ilorin bound aircraft belonging to the airline crash landed
It was gathered that with the impact of the crash, the plane could not taxi, thereby causing the closure of the runway of the airport to traffic.
Responding to LEADERSHIP enquiry, Oketumbi in a chat with our correspondent said he is yet to confirm the incident, adding that the Bureau doesn’t have personnel in all airports to monitor incident. He said, “Am trying to confirm from our people if it has been reported to them. Ilorin is a distance and we don’t have people at every airport. Even if it is reported, it will take us time to get there but let me confirm if something like that was reported,” he told our correspondent.On his part, the spokesperson of NCAA said the incident was not unusual, noting that once the aircraft is in service, burst tyre is bound to happen.
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