Nigeria’s Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) has released a preliminary report on Allied Air cargo plane crash that occurred on 11 December 2024.
Gatekeepers News reports that NSIB had disclosed the following day, that it had commenced an investigation into the crash landing of the cargo aircraft at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja (NAIA).
The bureau noted that the plane was en route to pick up cargo for the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
The report reads, “On 11 December 2024, a Boeing 737-400F aircraft with nationality and registration marks 5N-JRT, operated by Allied Air Limited was on a positioning flight to pick up cargo for the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).”
“The aircraft had arrived from Douala earlier in the morning.”
“The aircraft was scheduled for six sectors:
Lagos-Abuja, Abuja-Sokoto, Sokoto-Abuja, Abuja-Yola, Yola-Abuja and Abuja-Lagos, with the same flight crew.”
Following the incident, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) confirmed that the passengers on the cargo aircraft had been safely evacuated after the plane skidded off the runway.
