By Adesina Soyooye
Nigeria was saved another air mishap when a private jet lost its door midair on Thursday October 15, 2026.
The jet, a CL60 aircraft which was operated by Triton Aviation. It took off from the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, when it lost its door on take off. It was at about three nautical miles from the Abuja Airport when the door simply detached and flew off.
It was later picked up by farmers who saw it on their farm.
As soon as the door was separated from the body of the jet, the crew transmitted a Mayday distress call from about three nautical miles from the airport.
The Air Traffic Control had to quickly direct the crew back to Abuja. It was on its way to Lagos.
The jet, was a Bombardier Challenger 600 series with registration number T7-SEI and flight identification DWC052.
It departed Abuja at 4:17 pm UTC on Runway 22, and was on its way to Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos.
But at about 4:20 pm, as it was climbing through 3,000 feet – three nautical miles from the airport, a distress call of “Mayday, Mayday, Mayday” was sent out by the crew to tye effect that a door has opened in flight.
On its approach back to Abuja, fire and emergency personnel, as well as medical teams, waited at designated positions on the ground.
Mercifully, the aircraft landed safely on Runway 22 at about 4:34 pm, 14 minutes after the Mayday call.
The detached door was subsequently retrieved from the farmers who picked it.
The number of passengers and their identities have not yet been made public.
The incident was confirmed by Michael Achimugu, Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority.
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