Plane Carrying Pilgrims Collides At Lagos Airport


There was a minor accident on Friday at the Murtala Muhammed International
Airport in Lagos, involving a Turkish Airline aircraft and a Max Air plane. The
Turkish Airline plane wings collided with that of Max Air plane which had brought
in Pilgrims from Saudi Arabia.
The collision, according to sources on group, resulted in minor damages to both
airplanes and have thus been been taken away for repairs.
It was learnt that the Turkish Airplane had landed safely but was taxiing to stop at
the airport’s apron when its wing collided with that of Max Air, resulting in the
incident.
Spokesman, Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, Mr. Fan Ndubuoke, confirmed the
incident. He however said damages to the aircraft belonging to both airlines were
minor and that both planes had been taken away.