Report from Portharcourt says a ValueJet airline aircraft skidded off the taxi turn after landing and clearing the runway at Port Harcourt airport around 3.30 p.m. local time today.,making it the third aviation incident that has occurred this month.
Stanley Balami, a Value Jet captain who confirmed the occurrence, the aircraft had stopped on the runway and was about to execute the second turn-off when he encountered a slip due to algae on the turn-off. This rendered the plane uncontrolled on the taxiway although no harm was done to the aircraft.
On Sunday, a Boeing 737 Jet with registration number 5N-BYQ owned by Aero Contractors Airlines, crash-landed at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport.
According to the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau, the incident was classified as ‘a serious accident.’
Similarly, another incident occurred last week when a private HS25B aircraft operated by Flint Aero narrowly avoided tragedy as it crash-landed on the runway at Ibadan, Oyo State.