Posted by Chinenye on Fri 24th Jul, 2026 - tori.ng
Nigeria’s aviation authorities have launched efforts to uncover what caused a dramatic aircraft incident at Benin Airport.
(Festus Keyamo. Photo by Daily Post)
Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has reacted to the crash-landing of an Enugu Air aircraft at Benin Airport in Edo State.
In a post shared on social media on Friday, Keyamo said he had directed all relevant agencies to work closely with Enugu Air to unravel the cause of the incident.
It would be recalled that the aircraft crash-landed at Benin City Airport on Thursday, following which Air Peace suspended all its flights to and from the airport after its runway was temporarily shut down due to a runway incursion.
Reacting to the development, Keyamo explained that he had been duly informed that the Enugu Air aircraft skidded off the runway after landing successfully, a situation referred to in aviation terminology as a "runway excursion."
He added that everyone on board was safe, and that he had directed all relevant agencies to work closely with Enugu Air to determine the cause of the incident.