The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has announced that the airspace has been reopened for flight operations after Air Peace flight P47190, operating from Lagos to Port Harcourt on Sunday morning, had a runway excursion after landing at the Port Harcourt International Airport.
FAAN, in a statement, said the landing distance is now 2,700 meters instead of the stipulated 3,000 meters. BusinessDay had earlier reported that the aircraft veered slightly off the runway without any damage.
Air Peace airline, which confirmed the incident in a statement, said “all passengers disembarked safely and calmly, and no injuries were reported.”
The airline reassured the flying public of its commitment to maintaining standards of safety in all its operations.
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.
