Video: Tension at Lagos airport as business class airline skids off runway

  • An airstrike belonging to Xejet Airlines, a premium service provider airline, has skidded from the runway at the Lagos airport
  • The airline, a business class, was with 52 passengers and crew members when it skidded the runway on Saturday
  • Sources disclosed that the incident happened as a result of the rain which was falling when the aircraft was landing

Ikeja, Lagos – A medium-range Embraer 145 belonging to a premium services provider, Xejet Airlines, skidded off the runway and plunged into the grass areas of Runway 18 left of Lagos Airport.

The aircraft, which had 52 passengers and crew members on board, departed Abuja Airport before the incident at Lagos Airport’s runway.