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NEWS and REPORTS => World News => Topic started by: YahooNews on Dec 05, 2013, 03:31 PM

Title: Nigeria shuts Abuja airport after plane veers off runway
Post by: YahooNews on Dec 05, 2013, 03:31 PM
Nigeria's Abuja airport has been closed since Wednesday night after a Saudi Arabian cargo plane veered off the runway, the aviation ministry said on Thursday. The plane ran off the runway late on Wednesday but no one was hurt, ministry spokesman Joe Obi said, without naming the airline that operated the plane. "The operation to remove the plane to a safe distance from the runway is under way. Airlines that fly to Abuja, Nigeria's administrative capital, include British Airways, Lufthansa, Air France, EgyptAir and Ethiopian Airlines.