The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) has identified safety concerns around the runway-end environment, control tower line of sight and availability of meteorological information following the runway overrun involving an Enugu Air aircraft at the Benin Airport in Edo State.
The bureau has consequently issued four immediate safety recommendations to the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) as part of its ongoing investigation into the 23 July incident.
The recommendations, numbered A-2026-039 to A-2026-042, were contained in the preliminary report disclosed by the NSIB in a statement issued on Friday by its Director of Public Affairs and Family Assistance, Funke Arowojobe.
The report concerns an Embraer ERJ 170-100LR aircraft, registration number 5N-ENR, operated by Enugu Air Limited on scheduled passenger flight ENU4264 from the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, to the Oba Akenzua II Airport, Benin.
The aircraft had 63 passengers and five crew members on board when it landed on Runway 05 at about 2:55 p.m. It subsequently continued beyond the runway end into an unpaved area, where it struck approach-lighting installations and two fixed concrete structures associated with a decommissioned localiser installation.
