FAAN diverts flights in Lagos airport after fire incident

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has diverted all flights operations in terminal 1 of Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA), Lagos to D Wing after fire incident occurred at the airport terminal.

BusinessDay learnt that at 5.39am on Thursday, smoke was detected billowing from the E54 bridge leading and electrical engineers to immediately cut off power to the entire E wing.

FAAN who confirmed the incident stated that the Airport Rescue and Firefighting Services (ARFFS), were quick to respond arriving at the scene.

“Initial suspicions point to sparks from an electrical unit as the cause but a thorough investigation is ongoing to ascertain the cause of the fire,” FAAN stated.

BusinessDay learnt that the incident which had escalated into a fire was brought under control by 6.41am.

“Efforts to ventilate the smile from the building are in progress,” FAAN stated.

In the meantime, all flights operations in terminal 1 of MMA has been to the D Wing.

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.