Maureen Ihua-MaduenyiA turboprop aircraft belonging to Overland Airways was on Friday severely damaged by fire while it was parked at the airline’s hangar at the General Aviation Terminal of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos. It was gathered that the ATR aircraft, with registration number 5N-BPE, was being powered by the Ground Power Unit when the incident occurred. The General Manager, Public Affairs, Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, Mr. Sam Adurogboye, said the regulatory authority had been notified of the incident and was awaiting the airline’s report. The AIB spokesperson, Mr. Tunji Oketunbi, said the bureau’s investigators had been deployed to the scene to ascertain what led to the incident. He said, “Our investigators went to the site of the unfortunate incident and did the necessary things they should do.

Source: Punch October 13, 2018 00:04 UTC