BREAKING: Passengers Face Delays At Lagos Airport As Jet Blast Damages United Nigeria Airlines Aircraft

 During these simultaneous ground movements, United Nigeria Airlines reported that “the taxiing aircraft manoeuvred in a manner that generated significant jet blast within the ramp area”.

Passengers of United Nigeria Airlines faced potential travel disruptions after a ground incident involving one of the airline’s aircraft at Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos.

In a statement released on Sunday, March 29, 2026, the airline explained that the affected aircraft, an Embraer 190 arriving from Akanu Ibiam International Airport on Flight UN0503, “was parked at an open bay between two adjacent aircraft belonging to sister airlines” when the incident occurred.