A Nigerian Air Force jet reportedly crash-landed at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, on Monday February 6, 2023.
According to reports, the aircraft crash-landed on Runway 18R with six passengers onboard. The development was said to have caused panic at the airport. Fortunately, no casualties were recorded.
Air Commodore, Wapkerem Maigida, spokesperson for the Air Force, confirming the incident, said; “A Nigerian Air Force (NAF) maritime patrol aircraft, a Cessna Citation CJ3 on a routine flight today, 6 February 2023 lost its tyres on touch and go flight in Ilorin and had to carry out a controlled belly land at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos.”
He noted that the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Oladayo Amao, had set up a committee to investigate the incident.
