Max Air loses gear tyre, crash-lands in Kano airport

A Max Air aircraft crash-landed on Tuesday at the Mallam Aminu International Airport, Kano.

A video seen by TheCable showed that the aircraft, which arrived from Lagos, lost its landing gear tyre during landing, leading to the incident.

The fire service crew were seen at the scene of the incident, which was said to have occurred at about 10:57pm.

Officials of the airport were also making efforts to assist passengers who were seen evacuating from the aircraft.

According to a post on X on Wednesday by Tunde Moshood, the special adviser on media and communications to Festus Keyamo, minister of aviation and development, the aircraft has been removed from the runway.

“The disabled MaxAir 5NMBD that had a burst tyre on landing yesterday has been removed from the runway,” Moshood said.

“Sweeping of the runway is ongoing, and NOTAM will be cancelled after inspection. Runway 06/24 is now open for normal operations.”

A similar incident occurred on July 22, 2024, after a Max Air plane departing from Yola airport to Abuja, aborted takeoff after its four tyres burst.

In December last year, an Abuja-bound Max Air aircraft made an emergency landing after one of its engines caught fire.

The incident occurred barely 10 minutes after the plane departed the Maiduguri airport in Borno state.