Nigeria’s Abuja International Airport Closed

Started by Time, Dec 05, 2013, 07:31 PM

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( ABUJA, Nigeria) — Nigeria's Aviation Ministry says the international airport at the country's capital, Abuja, is closed with the runway blocked by a Saudi cargo plane. Hundreds of passengers are stranded. Domestic airlines Arik Air and Aero Contractors cancelled all Thursday flights to and from Abuja. The British Airways Web site shows a flight due to fly to London at 9 a.m. Thursday has been rescheduled for Friday morning. Aviation Ministry spokesman Joe Obi said a Boeing 747 cargo plane veered off at the maneuvering area of the runway and into a maintenance area after landing Wednesday night at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport. Obi said in a statement Thursday that concerted efforts are being intensified to remove the obstructing aircraft so that flights can resume.

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Well let us just believe this is a minor problem that should've been resolved by now. It would've affected so many things tho