Emergency landing: Abuja Airport shut down.

The runway of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja was currently closed after an airline had an emergency landing, as confirmed by Faithful Hope-Ivbaze, the Acting General Manager, Corporate Affairs of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, (FAAN).

A passenger who was on the said aircraft revealed that the tyre of the Max Air aircraft burst after takeoff at Yola Airport.

To everyone's relief, the passengers were safely disembarked from the runway.