An aircraft operated by Enugu Air on Thursday skidded off the runway of the Benin airport during landing on Thursday.
The carrier confirmed the incident in a statement posted on its official X account.
The incident reportedly occurred on Thursday afternoon.
A video of the incident was shar
ed on social media by an X user identified as @Oyindamola.
The X user however described the incident as ‘crash land’ but this is yet I be confirmed by the relevant authorities.
“Enugu Air aircraft crash lands in Benin Airport this afternoon,” the X user wrote.
Enugu Air is owned and operated by the Enugu State government.
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.
