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Business News of Saturday, 25 January 2020

Source: www.mynigeria.com

Fire guts MMIA

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A fire has just been reported around the Runway End Safety Area of 36L, Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos.

Responding to the incident, the General Manager, Corporate Affairs of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, Henrietta Yakubu urged airline operators and other airport users not to panic.

She assured the general public that the fire was being controlled with the aid of Air Rescue and Fire Fighting Services.

She said, “However, the incident did not affect flight operations as normal flight operations continue unhindered."

RESA is the surface surrounding the runway prepared or suitable for reducing the risk of damage to airplanes in the event of an undershoot, overshoot, or excursion from the runway.