The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has announced the discovery of unidentified human remains on Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) runway, otherwise known as 18R/36L mon Thursday, May 19, 2022.
According to FAAN, a motorised cleaner, that was cleared to carry out a derruberisation and sweeping of the runway discovered the remains at about 0106hours, and escalated the situation to relevant departments.
“As a result, between 0110 and 0343 hours, the runway was temporarily closed to allow for immediate evacuation of the remains.Flight operations resumed at 0343 hours.
“Investigations are ongoing, and a report will be issued accordingly,” said the agency.