PHOTO: Ex-VC, Rep Escape Death In The Mishap As Overland Aircraft Veers Off Runway At Ilorin Airport

This photo above is an Overland Airways ATR 72 turboprop engine aircraft with 59 passengers on board that landed at the Ilorin International airport and veered off the runway hitting the pavement with no....

injuries to passengers.
The aircraft was performing a flight a flight from Abuja to Ilorin when the incident happened around 5:45PM Nigerian time.

Aviation authorities claimed that  all 59 passengers and 4 crew members on board the aircraft were safely evacuated after the incident.

Aside from the four crew members, other passengers onboard the aircraft include a former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, also others on board were the Chief Imam of Auchi, Prof. Z.I. Oseni; the Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Judiciary, Ali Ahmad; Prof. Daud Noibi; Prof. B. L. Yusuf; a former Secretary to Kwara State Government, Alh. A. Salman; and former Secretary-General of the Grand Council for Islamic Affairs, Dr. K.K. Oloso.

However the 59 passengers and four crew members aboard the Overland Airlines would still be in a thanksgiving mood as their lives were spared.

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