By Our Correspondent<\/p>\n
To God be the glory,no fewer than 68 passengers narrowly escaped death on Thursday after an Enugu Air aircraft crash-landed at the Benin Airport in Edo State.<\/p>\n
The aircraft, with registration number 5N-ENR, was said to have been operating on the Enugu\u2013Benin\u2013Lagos route when the incident occurred.<\/p>\n
A source at the Benin Airport, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told our correspondent ghat the aircraft overshot the runway after landing and veered into a nearby bush.<\/p>\n
The source said officials of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) responded promptly to the incident and safely evacuated all passengers from the aircraft.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe aircraft overshot the runway and entered the nearby bush. FAAN officials immediately swung into action and evacuated all the passengers. No casualty was recorded,\u201d the source said.<\/p>\n
The exact number of crew members on board the aircraft could not be confirmed as of the time of filing this report.<\/p>\n
Authorities are yet to issue an official statement on the cause of the incident, while investigations are expected to commence<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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