Calabar Airport: Taxi, Plane Removed From Tarmac

An Audi 80 model taxi that rammed into an aircraft at Margaret Ekpo International Airport, Calabar, on Wednesday has been removed from the tarmac.

Our correspondence reports that the taxi broke some security barriers and rammed into an Arik airline Boeing 737 plane fully boarded and ready to take off at 3.40pm on March 31.

The plane was going to Abuja when the taxi disrupted its movement.

A NAN correspondent, who visited the airport on Thursday reports that the taxi has been removed from the tarmac while the plane has also been taken to another part of the airport.

A source close to the airport said the security agencies had begun investigations into the incident in which the taxi driver beat some checkpoints unnoticed to get to the tarmac.

The source said the driver was still being detained by Airforce personnel.

Meanwhile, normal flight operations have resumed at the airport with passengers travelling to different parts of the country for the Easter holiday.

Some passengers told NAN that their  flights were on schedule and expressed the hope that an event like Wednesday’s did not occur.