Two Aircrafts collides at Murtala Mohammed Airport 2

           

Disaster was averted on Friday at the MMIA terminal 2 following a collision of two aircraft belonging to FirstNation Airways.
The two Airbus conveying about 250 passengers have their bodies Partially damaged as a result of ground collision.


 One of the aircrafts was taxiing from the runway to  MMA terminal 2, to disengage passengers while the other aircraft was preparing to take off to Port-Harcourt Airport from the same terminal, the Port-Harcourt bound aircraft was parked at Gate 4 while the arriving aircraft was bound for the Gate 3 of the terminal,according a source.
The source added that, the marshals misdirected the arriving aircraft to the same Gate as the parked aircraft which led to the two wings brushing each other.
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), immediately, grounded both aircraft while passengers were asked to disembark by the airline and  refunds of tickets were made to passengers on the Port-Harcourt bound aircraft by the airline.

No passenger was hurt and that the incident had been referred to the Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) for further investigation,according to  General Manager, Public Affairs, Mr Fan Ndubuoke.