How Enugu Air plane overran Benin Airport runway – NSIB
NSIB, in its preliminary report on the accident, said while the crew acknowledged the advisory, it continued with the Area Navigation, RNAV, approach to Runway 05, adding that the control tower also informed the crew that the runway surface was wet before issuing landing clearance.
By Dickson Omobola Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau, NSIB, has disclosed that Air Traffic Control, ATC, advised Enugu Air’s flight crew that the approach to Runway 23 at Benin Airport appeared better than Runway 05 before the aircraft overran the runway last month.
The report said after overrunning the runway, the aircraft struck the approach-lighting installations and collided with two fixed concrete structures belonging to a decommissioned localiser installation beyond the runway end.
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