The Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, was temporarily shut down on Wednesday following an Allied Nigeria aircraft skidding off runway.
A statement by the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria, noted that a cargo plane belonging to Allied Air Cargo skidded off the runway on Wednesday.
“At 10:05am on December 11, 2024, an Allied Air Carge aircraft with registration number SN-JRT skidded off Runway 22 at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja with five (5) souls on board with no reported injury,” the statement read.
The aircraft, a Boeing B737-400, made its first flight over 31 years ago.
According to Flightera.net, an aviation tracker and flight data website, The Boeing 737 Classic are narrow-body airliners produced by Boeing Commercial Airplanes, the second generation of the original Boeing 737-100/-200. Development began in 1979 and the first variant, the 737-300, first flew in February 1984 and entered service in December of that year. The stretched 737-400 first flew in February 1988 and entered service later that year The shortest variant, the 737-500, first flew in June 1989 and entered service in 1990.
