Nigeria’s aviation authorities has launched a probe into how a passenger plane overshot the runway while landing in Port Harcourt.
The incident involving a Dana Air Boeing MD-83 jet happened at about 7:30 pm (1830 GMT) on Tuesday.
None of the 44 passengers and six crew on board was injured.
But Sam Adurogboye, of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), said the plane was “badly damaged”, adding: “We have launched an investigation.”
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It was the second incident involving domestic airliner Dana Air this month: on February the 7, an emergency exit door fell off as the plane as it landed in Abuja from Lagos.
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