Nigeria, Dec. 15 -- The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) has commenced an investigation into an aviation incident involving a Hawker 800XP aircraft operated by Flybird Aircraft Management Services Limited at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA) in Kano.

The aircraft, with registration marks 5N-ISB, departed the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, for Kano on Sunday at about 9:20 a.m., according to the bureau.

PREMIUM TIMES had earlier reported that a private jet operated by Flybird Aircraft Management Services Limited crash-landed at the Kano airport.

Initial accounts indicated that the aircraft was conveying 11 persons, including three crew members and eight passengers, while en route from Abuja.

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