By Akinwale Kasali
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, has clarified the story which made the rounds Tuesday morning to the effect that a
Dana Aircraft, McDonald Douglas (MD-83) with registration 5N-BKI, from Abuja to Lagos crash landed at the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Ikeja, Lagos State.
The NCAA said that it did not crash but that what happened was a “Runaway Excursion.”
Mike Achimugu, Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, NCAA, said officials of the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau, NSIB, were on ground to investigate the incident.
Achimugu said: “Even the images would prove that it was a runway incursion. It is called a ‘serious incident’ and not even an accident. There was no crash landing. The statutory agency for investigating incidents like this is the NSIB and they are on ground.”
A Runway Incursion is when an aircraft or vehicle that should not be on the runway enters the runway, while a Runway Excursion is when an aircraft veers off or overruns the runway.
“Contrary to reports from various New Medium that tagged today’s mishap as Runway Incursion is wrong, rather, it was a runway excursion.”
 with registration 5N-BKI, from Abuja to Lagos crash landed at the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Ikeja, Lagos State. The NCAA said that it did not crash but that what happened was a "Runaway Excursion."){kind=link}