A plane which belongs to the presidential committee on maritime (PICOMMS) crash-landed earlier this morning at the Benin Airport.
The Accident Investigation Bureau confirmed the belly landing of a small aircraft, however none of the occupants of the aircraft suffered any injury.
A short message service by the Spokesperson of AIB, Mr. Tunji Oketunbi, said, “A Diamond DA 2 MPP aircraft marked with 5N-BKS, belonging to PICOMMS today around 11 am was involved in a serious incident of belly-landing at Benin Airport. No casualty was recorded.”
A source at the airport said that the aircraft with registration number 5N-BKS, had two pilots on board and was on routine flight.
“The plane landed on the runway with its tyres locked in, an indication that the tyres did not shoot out. But only the pilot can really explain what happened,’’ the source said.
The source said that an airport rescue team led by the Commanding Officer, Air Maritime Operations, responded promptly with the emergency team.