BREAKING: Flights Cancelled as Aviation Workers Shut down Lagos Airport Terminal

• Passengers at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos Terminal Two (MMA2) were at their wits' end on Tuesday, November 1
• This happened after aviation workers shut down the terminal over the sack of their colleagues by Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited
• The action of the aggrieved workers has disrupted booked flights and nothing seems certain for now

At the moment, flights have been put on hold at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos Terminal Two (MMA2).

This is as aviation workers have shut down the terminal over the sack of their colleagues by the Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL), Vanguard reports.

There is an air of uncertainty over the issues as even passengers who had booked flights before Tuesday, November 1, have been left stranded, The Cable reports.

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Meanwhile, the international wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, was temporarily shut in the early hours of Thursday, May 19, after the mangled body of a dead man was found on Runway 18R of the nation’s flagship airport.

The identity of the corpse could not be ascertained.

Also, it could not be established whether the dead man was knocked down by an aircraft taking off or landing on the runway.

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According to airport officials, the runway was temporarily shut down while a team of officials from the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria and the Nigeria Police Force evacuated the corpse from the runway.

During the temporary shutdown of the runway, international flights were affected. Among the flights that could not land due to the shutdown was Ethiopian Airlines flight 3907, a Boeing 77F aircraft with registration number ETAVN, coming from Lome, Togo, to Lagos, Nigeria.

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Air Peace cited security concerns for its actions. It was reported that trouble began when the airline tweeted a message to its passengers asking them to prepare for a takeoff.

Source: Legit.ng