A plane in the fleet of Max Air on Saturday rammed into an Air Peace plane at the Benin airport, damaging the elevator and rendering the plane grounded and unserviceable in the aftermath of the accident.
Air Peace said that no fatalities were recorded in the accident which happened about 2 pm.
A statement by the airline says “The management of Air Peace hereby notifies the general public that an incident occurred today around 14:00hrs at the Benin Airport, Edo State, when a taxing Max Air aircraft 5N-ADB rammed its right wing onto our parked aircraft, 5N-BUQ, which was boarding our Abuja bound passengers at the time the incident occurred.
“The hit damaged the left elevator of our aircraft thereby rendering the aircraft grounded and unserviceable.
“Passengers on-board the Air Peace aircraft were disembarked and another aircraft deployed to operate the flight.
“We sincerely apologise to all the passengers this situation would likely affect today for any inconvenience caused them, as a result.”
Adewumi Faniran
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