A ValueJet aircraft carrying 62 passengers skidded off the runway at the Port Harcourt International Airport in Rivers State recently.
According to reports, the CRJ 900 Bombardier aircraft with registration 5N-BXR with five crew members onboard landed at 3:30 p.m., to create panic among the passengers and airport officials.
The incident happened 48 hours after a Boeing 737 Jet owned by Aero Contractors crash-landed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.
In a statement issued after the occurrence of the incident, ValueJet said the incident took place after the plane landed on algae on the runway and that no casualty was recorded in the accident.
The statement read: “The CRJ 900 Bombardier aircraft with registration 5N-BXR landed safely with passengers wondering what could have happened because the airplane landed safely without difficulty.
“The minor incident happened at about 3.30 pm at the Port-Harcourt International Airport.
“Captain Stanley Balami reported that the aircraft encountered a slip due to algae on the taxi way which made it unable to maintain the centre line.”
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