Another aircraft has skidded off the runway at the domestic wing of the Murtala Mohammed Airport

An aircraft, Embraer 145, belonging to  Xejet Airlines has skidded off the runway and plunged into the grass area at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos

The aircraft with 52 passengers and the crew members on board had departed Abuja before the incident at the runway of the Lagos airport.

According to sources at the airport, the 18Left Runway had been closed to aircraft traffic as personnel of the Aerodrome Fire and Safety Rescue Unit of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) mobilised to the scene of the incident to rescue the passengers.

Xejet Airlines is a business class only airline based in Nigeria.

On April 23, Dana Air aircraft also skidded off the runway at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos State.