Veteran B742 at Abuja on Dec 4th 2013, overran displaced runway end and collided with trucks

A Veteran Airlines Boeing 747-200 freighter on behalf of Saudi Arabian Airlines, registration EK-74798 performing flight SV-6814 from Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) to Abuja (Nigeria), landed on Abuja's runway 04 at about 22:00L (21:00Z) but overrun the displaced runway end, collided with a number of building machines and trucks, veered right off the runway and came to a stop with all gear off the runway and the building equipment wedged under its right hand wing and engine. The equipment was totalled, the aircraft received substantial damage to right hand wing as well as engines #3 and #4 (both right hand).

Nigeria's Transport Ministry reported there had been no injuries or fatalities, the occurrence has not been a crash other than Nigerian media reported.

The airport reported there were maintenance works ongoing expanding the runway, the aircraft went into the maintenance area.

The airport is closed until the aircraft and remains of the lorry can be separated and moved off the runway. All domestic flights scheduled for Thursday (Dec 5th) have been cancelled.

All current NOTAMs for Abuja:

A0178/13 - TERMINAL/APPROACH CONTROL SEUVEILLANCE SERVICES FREQ. 127.9MHZ OPERATIONAL X RGDS X. 28 SEP 14:00 2013 UNTIL 28 DEC 14:00 2013 ESTIMATED. CREATED: 28 SEP 14:42 2013

A0174/13 - STOP BAR LIGHTS RUNWAY 04/22 UNSERVICEABLE X. 27 SEP 06:00 2013 UNTIL 27 DEC 06:00 2013 ESTIMATED. CREATED: 27 SEP 06:12 2013

A0173/13 - TAXIWAY EDGE LIGHTS UNSERVICEABLE X. 27 SEP 06:00 2013 UNTIL 27 DEC 06:00 2013 ESTIMATED. CREATED: 27 SEP 06:12 2013

A0172/13 - TAXIWAY CENTRE LINE LIGHTS UNSERVICEABLE X. 27 SEP 06:00 2013 UNTIL 27 DEC 06:00 2013 ESTIMATED. CREATED: 27 SEP 06:12 2013

No Metars are available. The local weather station reported at 19:00L visibility above 10km, 31 degrees C, dew point 21 degrees C with winds from southsouthwest at 6 knots, at 01:00L (Dec 5th) visibility above 10km, temperature 24 degrees C, dew point 24 degrees C (95% humidity) light variable winds from northeast at 2 knots.

EK-74798 with lorries and excavators wedged under its right wing (Photo: Reuters/Afolabi Sotunde):