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20 Injured In PH Plane Crash
Nigerian Airforce plane in a simulation exercise yesterday skidded -off the runway and plunged into a ditch at the Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa
Twenty of the 44 passengers on board the plane with registration No. NAF 950GG222-8 series were injured, according to National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). They have been taken to undisclosed hospitals in Port Harcourt.
Director of Search and Rescue Operation of NEMA, AirCommodor Abayomi Bankole confirmed to the News Agency of Nigeria that no life was lost in the incident.
‘We thank God no life was lost, we have investigations on the incident, he said.
Normal flights have since resumed at the airport after the incident.