Flights have been suspended at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja, the Nigerian capital, the Ministry of Aviation said on Thursday, following a serious incident involving a Saudi Arabian cargo plane on Wednesday night. The Saudi plane, a Boeing 747 cargo aircraft overran the runway and ran into a maintenance area of the airport before bursting into flames, witnesses said. The fire was promptly put out and there was no casualty. According to Stella Odua’s spokesman, Joe Obi…
Flights were suspended because the affected aircraft is yet to be removed from the only runway at Abuja airport.
In the meantime, flights into Abuja have been temporarily suspended to facilitate evacuation efforts to clear the runway. Normal operations will resume immediately the aircraft is removed.
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