On Thursday, May 19, the international wing of the country’s main airport in Lagos was temporarily closed.
This was in response to the discovery of a mangled body on Runway 18R of Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos.
The identity of the deceased could not be determined, nor could it be determined whether the deceased was killed by an aircraft taking off or landing on the runway.
According to airport officials, the runway was temporarily closed while officials from the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria and the Nigeria Police Force evacuated the corpse from the runway.
After the runway was temporarily closed, international flights were unable to land or take off from the airport’s international terminal.
Ethiopian Airlines flight 3907, a Boeing 77F with the registration number ETAVN, was flying from Lome, Togo to Lagos, Nigeria. After a brief hold, the flight was diverted back to Lome.
According to airport officials, the body was discovered on Runway 18R during a routine runway inspection by FAAN personnel.
A top police official at the MMIA who confirmed the development to the publication, said the command was called upon in the early hours of Thursday to evacuate the corpse from Runway 18R.
He added that the police are still investigating the identity of the dead man and how he got to the security area of the international airport.
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