FAAN Apologizes For Akure Runway Incursion
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria wishes to apologize to Air Peace Airlines and our esteemed passengers for a runway incursion incident that prevented an Akure airport bound flight from landing for some minutes.
The Air Peace flight, which left Lagos for Akure could not land immediately as some cows had strayed into the runway of the airport.
However, normalcy was restored quickly, as officers of the aviation security department quickly dispersed the cows from the runway and the aircraft was cleared for landing.
A statement by Henrietta Yakubu (Mrs.) General Manager, Corporate Affairs said “The Authority will like to assure travellers and the general public that efforts are already ongoing to close the gap that aided this incident.”
In another development, In her bid to improve the level of security surveillance on the airside of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria has deployed 10 additional hilux patrol vehicles to the airport.
The deployment of these vehicles is one of the measures being adopted by the Authority to enhance operational efficiency and also boost security procedures at the airport.
The Authority will like to assure airport users and the general public that we will continue to upgrade our facilities, processes and procedures, in consonance with our core values of security, safety and comfort.
