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Nigeria: NNPC Aircraft Overshoots Runway in Delta

6 February 2013

The NNPC said on Wednesday in Abuja said that its aircraft, 5NNOC, overshot the runway while landing at the Osubi Airport, Warri, Delta State.

A statement issued by the Acting Group General Manager, Public Affairs Division, Ms Tumini Green, said that the incident occurred on Wednesday morning.

The statement said that the aircraft, operated by Aero Contractors, was on a routine operation to Warri when it overshot the runway of the airport.

It, however, said that there were no casualties or injuries.

The statement said that the appropriate aviation agencies had been contacted and had commenced investigations into the incident.

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