A chartered SkyPower Express C-172 (5N-ASR) from Kaduna crash-landed Tuesday night at Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport in Owerri, Imo State, en route to Port Harcourt—diverting in emergency around 6:58pm at Runway 17 threshold with no fatalities, but the bird wrecked and two crew rushed to hospital after blacking out.
Police Airport PRO ASP Mohammed Adeola confirmed swift rescue by patrol units and emergency teams—two stable, two treated—while ops hummed on uninterrupted; NSIB’s Bimbo Oladeji verified no post-crash fire, runway stayed live for takeoffs, with Capt Alex Badeh Jr’s Go-Team securing wreckage for probe amid sympathies to SkyPower.
CP Olufunke Ogunbode hailed the pro response, vowing aviation safety ironclad—highlighting Nigeria’s quick-draw emergency playbook keeping this from tragedy amid rising air scares.
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