How Benin runway incident exposed fresh safety gaps, triggered recommendations — NSIB

The bureau says its preliminary findings have raised concerns about the runway-end environment, tower visibility and weather information at Benin Airport.

The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau has raised fresh safety concerns over the runway-end environment, control tower line of sight and availability of meteorological information following the runway overrun involving an Enugu Air aircraft in Benin, Edo State. The NSIB, in its preliminary report on the July 23, 2026

By Dickson Omobola Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau, NSIB, has disclosed that Air Traffic Control, ATC, advised Enugu Air’s flight crew that the approach to Runway 23 at Benin Airport appeared better than Runway 05 before the aircraft overran the runway last month. On July 23, an Enugu Air Flight 4264, with registr

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