Unidentified Body Discovered On MMA Runway During Inspection

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) there has been an incident in which an unidentified human remains were found on Runway 18R/36L on Thursday, May 19, 2022.
A statement signed by Mrs. Faithful A. Hope-Ivbaze, FAAN’s Acting General Manager, Corporate Affairs says “a motorized cleaner, that was cleared to carry out a deruberization 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.”