Air Peace Aircraft Makes Emergency Landing In Lagos Int'l Airport

An Air Peace flight made an emergency landing at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) on Thursday in Lagos State.

It was learnt that the Air Peace aircraft with number 5NBVE, is one of the new flights to London, the United Kingdom.

"An Air Peace flight makes emergency landing in Lagos. The flight aircraft number is 5NBVE. It landed successfully but it was an emergency landing," one of the sources said.

"It is not clear if the aircraft was leaving the airport or arriving. But the passengers are yet to be evacuated as at the time of filing this report "

"The fire service and other agencies have been deployed there. The aircraft stopped working at the spot where other aircrafts will need to maneuver," another source was quoted as saying.

The aviation sector is still grappling with the Dana Air incident which occurred days ago when its aircraft skidded off the runway and was grounded.

It was earlier reported on Wednesday that the federal government directed the management of Dana Airline to suspend its commercial operations over safety concerns.

This directive was given by the Minister of Aviation, Festus Keyamo in connection with an incident that happened at Murtala Muhammad Airport, Lagos State on Tuesday.