Flybird Airlines jet crashlands at Aminu Kano International Airport

Flybird Airlines, a privately owned jet has crash landed at Malam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA) on Sunday morning sending panic across the country.

On board the aircraft were 11 passengers including three crew members who took off from Abuja before it crash landed at about 9.30 in Kano in the North West, Nigeria.

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Reports said airport safety personnel quickly evacuated the panic passengers and CAPITAL POST gathered that no injury of casualty was recorded among passengers on board the aircraft.

Airport authorities were said to have swiftly secured the area after the crash landing. Emergency response teams were immediately deployed to ensure the safety of passengers and personnel and to begin investigations into the cause of the incident.

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The management of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) is yet to release an official statement on the incident.

This comes days after a Nigerian Air Force jet crashed near Karabonde, in the Borgu Local Government Area of Niger State, with both pilots surviving the incident.

The crash was first reported by a Niger State-based online digital television network, Lapai TV, which posted the news on its official Facebook account on Saturday evening.

The post read, “Two Nigerian Air Force Pilots Reportedly Survive Alpha Jet Crash Close to Karabonde, Borgu Local Government Area of Niger State.”

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