Enugu E170 at Benin City on Jul 23rd 2026, runway overrun on landing

Last Update: July 23, 2026 / 21:56:06 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 23, 2026

Classification
Accident

Airline
Enugu

Flight number
EE-4264

Aircraft Registration
5N-ENR

Aircraft Type
Embraer ERJ-170

ICAO Type Designator
E170

An Enugu Embraer ERJ-170, registration 5N-ENR performing flight EE-4264 from Lagos to Benin City (Nigeria) with 63 passengers and 5 crew, landed on Benin City's runway 05 but overran the end of the runway by about 330 meters/1000 feet. The gear collapsed during the overrun. There are no injuries reported, the aircraft however received substantial damage.

The airline confirmed a runway excursion that resulted in no injuries.

Nigeria's NSIB reported the aircraft suffered a runway excursion at about 15:10L (14:10Z). An investigation has been opened, the go team was at the accident site within minutes.

No weather data are available for Benin City.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 23, 2026

Classification
Accident

Airline
Enugu

Flight number
EE-4264

Aircraft Registration
5N-ENR

Aircraft Type
Embraer ERJ-170

ICAO Type Designator
E170

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