Flight activities resumed at the Samuel Ladoke Akintola Airport in Ibadan, Oyo State, on Sunday, after the facility was closed briefly by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria.
Sunday PUNCH had reported that the airport was closed by the Federal Government as it carried out investigations into the private jet accident that occurred at the facility on Friday night.
The aircraft, which crash-landed close to the runway, disrupted flight activities at the airport, as accident investigators were deployed to the scene.
But sources at the airport confirmed to our correspondent on Sunday that the airport had been opened to operations, as a domestic airline had already resumed operations there.
“It was shut down briefly for yesterday (Saturday) only, but reopened for operations this (Sunday) morning.
Overland resumed flights this (Sunday) morning,” a senior official at the airport, who pleaded not to be named due to lack of authorisation, stated.
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