Lagos Airport reopens after fire incident, three flights diverted

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, says the airspace astatine Murtala Muhammed International Airport Terminal One has reopened pursuing a occurrence outbreak.

Managing Director Mrs. Olubunmi Kuku told journalists connected Monday that determination were nary fatalities, but six radical sustained injuries during the incident.

She said 3 planetary flights were diverted, including those operated by Emirates, British Airways, and Lufthansa.

According to Kuku, “Some of our operations were affected; however, they volition beryllium backmost up and moving successful the adjacent fractional an hour.”

She said the contiguous precedence was containing the fire, portion investigations into the origin are ongoing.

“What is important is that we activated our exigency procedures and evacuated everyone with nary fatalities owed to coordinated efforts by each agencies,” she said.

Kuku said the airport’s Emergency Operations Centre had been activated, led by the airdrome manager arsenic Chief Safety and Security Officer.

“He is taking charge. There is simply a modular process we travel erstwhile it comes to em...