Plane carrying remains of former Ondo State governor crash in Lagos-27 people on board.
An aircraft with 27 people onboard
including the remains of former Ondo state Governor, Olusegun Agagun crashed
early this morning at about 9:32 a.m local time.
The scene of incident was very
close to the aviation fuel reservoir, however
Aviation
Ministry spokesman Joe Obi said there were some survivors from the Associated
Airlines plane, which was flying from Nigeria's commercial capital to Akure, a
southwestern town about 140 miles (225 km) away, with seven crew and 20
passengers.
An unspecified number of dead
bodies were recovered and some injured people have been taken to the hospital
by emergency-rescue teams, he said. “It came down shortly after takeoff, the aircraft couldn’t lift properly,” Obi said. “As we speak, emergency rescue operations are ongoing.”
We pray they wont be much casualty…
see more pictures after the cut..




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