Nigeria’s Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) has released a preliminary report on the Allied Air cargo plane crash that occurred on December 11, 2024.
The NSIB, on the following day, confirmed that it had commenced an investigation into the cargo aircraft that crash-landed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja (NAIA).
According to the bureau, the plane was going to pick up cargo for the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
“On 11 December 2024, a Boeing 737-400F aircraft with nationality and registration marks 5N-JRT, operated by Allied Air Limited was on a positioning flight to pick up cargo for the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN),” the report reads.
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“The aircraft had arrived from Douala earlier in the morning.
“The aircraft was scheduled for six sectors: Lagos-Abuja, Abuja-Sokoto, Sokoto-Abuja, Abuja-Yola, Yola-Abuja and Abuja-Lagos, with the same flight crew.”
Following the crash, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) said the passengers on the cargo aircraft had been safely evacuated after the plane skidded off the runway.
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