Qatar Airways Aircraft Burst Tyre and Towed in MMIA Lagos

A Qatar Airways flight from Doha safely made an emergency landing in Nigeria's economic capital Lagos after encountering a problem with one of its tyres, the civil aviation body said.

"The plane has landed safely," said Harold Demuren, the head of Nigeria's Civil Aviation Authority. "We lost one of the tyres."

The aircraft landed at the cargo terminal of Murtala Mohammed International Airport on Saturday and was then towed to an area where passengers were able to disembark, officials said.

Qatar Airways flight QR592 was travelling the regular Doha-Lagos route and reported the tyre problem to Nigerian airport authorities, said Demuren, who identified the aircraft as an Airbus A330.

He said no passengers were injured during the emergency landing and that one of the plane's tyres had to be replaced. A mechanic at the airport said one of the plane's left tyres was flat.

Three passengers who were on board said that the crew had made no announcements about a mechanical problem during the flight.