A plane shot the runway at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, leaving many passengers stranded on Wednesday night, September 12.
The development was made public in a Twitter post put up by Senator Ben Murray-Bruce (PDP-Bayelsa).
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NAIJ.com notes that the lawmaker said many people were stranded because the authorities could not provide the equipment to clear the runway.
As he tweeted:
Another Twitter user, Gbemi Dennis, also raised an alarm over the development.
He tweeted:
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Recall that NAIJ.com previously reported that a Dana aircraft overshot the runway and landed in the bush around the airport area upon touchdown.
The aircraft was reportedly flying from Lagos to Port Harcourt when the incident happened. The passengers were quickly evacuated and no casualty was reported.
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Source: Naija.ng