A private jet carrying the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu crash-landed near the Ibadan Airport in Oyo State on Friday night.
The aircraft, a chartered HS 125 with the registration number 5N-AMM, had departed from Abuja and was seeking an extension when it landed short of the threshold by about 50 meters and skidded into a bushy ditch close to the runway.
The incident occurred after the Nigerian Metrological Agency, NiMET, issued a travel warning based on hazy weather.
The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) had also advised pilots and airline operators to exercise caution over hazardous weather as the dry season approaches.
However, it is not yet known if the minister or those on board sustained any injury in the incident as of press time
Stay tuned for more details…
