AIB commences investigation into aircraft collission at Lagos airport

Nigeria’s Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) has commenced investigations into a serious incident involving an Airbus A330-243 with nationality and registration marks OD-MEA operated by Middle East Airline and a Boeing 777 with nationality and registration marks TC-LJC operated by Turkish Airline.

The incident occurred on Wednesday at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos.

A statement by Tunji Oketunbi, general manager, Public Affairs,

AIB, said that the Turkish cargo aircraft was parked at the international airport when the Middle East Airbus was taxing before it ran into it, cutting through the tail cone and damaged part of the right horizontal stabiliser of the Turkish aircraft.

“All passengers on the Middle East Airline had to disembark with no injury or fatality.

“The Bureau will appreciate that the general public and press do not pre-empt the cause of the serious incident until a formal report is issued,” Oketunbi said.

Ifeoma Okeke-Korieocha

Ifeoma Okeke-Korieocha is the Aviation Correspondent at BusinessDay Media Limited, publishers of BusinessDay Newspapers. She is also the Deputy Editor, BusinessDay Weekender Magazine, the Saturday Weekend edition of BusinessDay. She holds a BSC in Mass Communication from the prestigious University of Nigeria, Nsukka and a Masters degree in Marketing at the University of Lagos. As the lead writer on the aviation desk, Ifeoma is responsible and in charge of the three weekly aviation and travel pages in BusinessDay and BDSunday. She also overseas and edits all pages of BusinessDay Saturday Weekender. She has written various investigative, features and news stories in aviation and business related issues and has been severally nominated for award in the category of Aviation Writer of the Year by the Nigeria Media Nite-Out awards; one of the Nigeria’s most prestigious media awards ceremonies. Ifeoma is a one-time winner of the prestigious Nigeria Media Merit Award under the 'Aviation Writer of the Year' Category. She is the 2025 Eloy Award winner under the Print Media Journalist category. She has undergone several journalism trainings by various prestigious organisations. Ifeoma is also a fellow of the Female Reporters Leadership Fellowship of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism.