A CL 60 aircraft with registration number N580KR overshot runway 22 of the Ibadan Airport today.
This incident is coming barely two months after Hawker Sidley 800XP aircraft conveying a serving minister overshot the runway and skidded into the nearby bush at Ibadan Airport on November 3, 2023
Sources close to Ibadan Airport said that the flight originated from Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport (NAA), DNAA, Abuja, to Ibadan Airport as its destination.
The flight’s estimated time of arrival, according to the source, was 10.55 am, and it also landed at 10.55 am.
Sources further said that on getting to Ibadan Airport with code DNIB, the aircraft attempted to land but overshot runway 22 of the airport.
The aircraft overshot the runway to the approach path of runway 04 and stopped about 150 metres.
Details later….
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.
