{"id":17099,"date":"2022-05-23T20:58:12","date_gmt":"2022-05-23T15:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/?p=17099"},"modified":"2022-05-23T20:58:14","modified_gmt":"2022-05-23T15:58:14","slug":"the-airport-has-been-closed-due-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2022\/05\/23\/the-airport-has-been-closed-due-to\/","title":{"rendered":"The airport has been closed due to ?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The airport has been closed due to the discovery of a &#8216;dead stowaway who fell from the plane&#8217; on the runway.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>After a man&#8217;s body was discovered on the tarmac, a major airport was forced to close a runway and divert all planes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The man died tragically at Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, Nigeria, which was forced to close while an investigation was conducted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>International flights were unable to depart or arrive, and some passengers were turned away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Officials are still trying to figure out how the individual ended up on the runway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to preliminary reports, he was a stowaway who died after falling from the wheel-well of an aero plane taxiing to take off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The man&#8217;s body was discovered during a routine search. &#8220;Nobody can say much now,&#8221; said aviation security specialist and former MMIA Group Captain John Ojikutu, &#8220;but he may have been knocked down by the wingspan or undercarriage of a jumbo jet, but it is too early to say anything like that now.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He suggested that the huge residential area near the airport could be a good spot to start looking for the man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We need to look into the issue of houses built too close to the Lagos airport,&#8221; he told news.com.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The rule states that no construction should be located closer than 6 meters to the 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