Collision at Lagos Airport

 A Middle East airline while taxing on the Murtala Mohammed Airport ran into a parked Turkish Airline cargo aircraft.

The Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) has confirmed this in a statement and  said that an aircraft belonging to Turkish Airline was involved in a collision with a Middle East Airline aircraft at the Lagos airport on Wednesday.

A media release by Tunji Oketunbi, AIB’s General Manager, Public Affairs, said the bureau has been notified and has commenced an investigation into the “serious incident”.

Mr Oketunbi said the incident involved an Airbus A330-243 with the Nationality registration Marks OD-MEA operated by Middle East Airline and a Boeing 777 with Nationality and registration Marks TC-LJC operated by Turkish Airline.

“The Turkish cargo aircraft was parked at the international apron when the Middle East airbus was taxing before it ran into it, cutting through the tail cone and damaged part of the right horizontal stabilizer of the Turkish aircraft,” the statement said.

“All passengers on the Middle East Airline had to disembark with no injury or fatality.”

The AIB said it will appreciate that the general public and media do not pre-empt the cause of the serious incident until a formal report is issued.

This incident occurred on the 29th of July 2020.