Reports has just reached us that there has been a
plane crash at the Lagos airport. It is not known if there has been any
casualty as the details are still sketchy.
A witness said the crash occurred at the local wing of the airport close to the section were JET-A1, plane fuel, is stored.
Fire service officials were seen evacuating the occupants of the plane.
The spokesman of the Nigeria aviation agencies, Yakubu Datti, asked for more time to get details of the incident.
UPDATE: Plane was carrying Olusegun Agagu's body
Saharareporters has learnt that an aircraft conveying the body of former Governor Olusegun Agagu of Ondo State, crashed today shortly after takeoff, killing 9 people on board.
Two sources told our correspondent that that there were at least 15 passengers on the crashed plane. Some of the passengers who perished in the air crash are believed to be family members of the late governor and officials of Ondo state government.
National Emergency Mnagement Agency officials siad 6 people survived the crash which happened in the Mafoloku area of Oshodi in Lagos.
Source: Sahara Reporters
UPDATE: 8 dead bodies recovered
Five persons were said to have survived the Associated Airline plane that crashed in Lagos, Nigeria this morning.
The plane was chartered to convey to Akure, the Ondo state capital, the casket of the former Ondo State governor, Olusegun Agagu, who died in Lagos on 13 September.
The plane with 22 people on board suffered an engine failure shortly after takeoff in Lagos, crash-landing on the runway, killing 15 people on board, according to the statement by Nigeria’s aviation authorities, FAAN.
“We have recovered eight bodies so far, while one person who is badly injured is being taken to the hospital. The rescue operation is still on. It was a small (charter) plane operated by Associated Airlines,” Ibrahim Farinloye of the National Emergency Management Agency said.
An aviation official confirmed the plane, with 20 people on board, suffered engine failure after takeoff.
The full manifest of the occupants is yet to be released by aviation authorities, but P.M.NEws learnt that an aide of Governor Olusegun Mimiko, who also doubles as a son of a prominent Nigerian politician, was on board. So was a director of a popular funeral company in Lagos.
In Akure, officials of the government waiting to receive the casket, were said to have left the airport, upon hearing news of the tragedy in Lagos.
A press conference is about taking place at the Lagos airport.
The last plane crash in Lagos was the Dana Air’s McDonnell Douglas MD-83 operating as Flight 992. It crashed into a two-storey building at Iju Railway, Ishaga a suburb of Lagos. All 153 people on board the aircraft were killed. Following the crash, all flights by Dana Air were halted by Nigeria’s Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA). The airline’s licence was restored in September 2012 before the inquiry into the accident was concluded.
But two of Agagu’s children, a son and a daughter, did not survive. It could not be confirmed if another son who was also accompanying the corpse, was among the five survivors of the crash.
FAAN in a statement had said 15 people died in the plane, while 5 survived. The five are being treated in the hospital.
The Associated airlines plane crashed on Thursday morning, minutes after taking off at the Murtala Muhammed International in Lagos, southwestern Nigeria, aviation authorities said.
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, said the crash occurred at 9.32 am.
The propeller aircraft marked 5N-BJY crashed on its way Akure, the Ondo State Capital with 20 passengers on board, authorities said. It was not clear if that figure included crew members.
“We confirm today the crash of an Embraer 120 (plane) belonging to Associated airlines,” the statement read.
“The rescue operation commenced immediately with all the relevant agencies moving enmasse to the crash site,” FAAN said.
Authorities said the black box of the crashed plane has been found and some survivors were already being treated at the hospital.
UPDATE: The confusion over number of passengers
The Ministry of Aviation and the Accident Investigation Bureau have differed over the number of passengers aboard the Associated Airlines Embraer plane, which crashed in Lagos on Thursday morning.
The ministry, through its spokesperson, Joe Obi, had, in a statement, said, “The plane had 20 passengers and seven crew members on board.”
But at a press briefing on Thursday, a commissioner in AIB, Shehu Usman, said 20 persons were on board the ill-fated flight.
Usman said, “There were 20 people on board, 13 passengers and seven crew members, which included two pilots, two cabin crew members and engineers.
“The plane had a 30-seat capacity. From four survivors which we had initially, we now have six survivors.
“We cannot release the names of the casualties or the hospitals where they are until we have contacted the families involved.”
“The plane was a Brazilian made Embraer aircraft. The issue of the age of the aircraft has not come up yet. They concluded the search and rescue operations at about 11.50am.”
The plane was said to have crashed landed shortly after it suffered
an engine failure near an airport fuel depot and killing at least nine
people, officials said.
The Associated Airlines charter flight took off at about 9:30 am (0830 GMT) from the domestic terminal at Lagos’s Murtala Mohammed International Airport.
“It was going to Akure (in the southwest). The engine failed on takeoff and it crash-landed and burst into flames,” said Supo Atobatele, spokesman for the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency.
Source: Vanguard
A witness said the crash occurred at the local wing of the airport close to the section were JET-A1, plane fuel, is stored.
Fire service officials were seen evacuating the occupants of the plane.
The spokesman of the Nigeria aviation agencies, Yakubu Datti, asked for more time to get details of the incident.
UPDATE: Plane was carrying Olusegun Agagu's body
Saharareporters has learnt that an aircraft conveying the body of former Governor Olusegun Agagu of Ondo State, crashed today shortly after takeoff, killing 9 people on board.
Two sources told our correspondent that that there were at least 15 passengers on the crashed plane. Some of the passengers who perished in the air crash are believed to be family members of the late governor and officials of Ondo state government.
National Emergency Mnagement Agency officials siad 6 people survived the crash which happened in the Mafoloku area of Oshodi in Lagos.
Source: Sahara Reporters
UPDATE: 8 dead bodies recovered
Five persons were said to have survived the Associated Airline plane that crashed in Lagos, Nigeria this morning.
The plane was chartered to convey to Akure, the Ondo state capital, the casket of the former Ondo State governor, Olusegun Agagu, who died in Lagos on 13 September.
The plane with 22 people on board suffered an engine failure shortly after takeoff in Lagos, crash-landing on the runway, killing 15 people on board, according to the statement by Nigeria’s aviation authorities, FAAN.
“We have recovered eight bodies so far, while one person who is badly injured is being taken to the hospital. The rescue operation is still on. It was a small (charter) plane operated by Associated Airlines,” Ibrahim Farinloye of the National Emergency Management Agency said.
An aviation official confirmed the plane, with 20 people on board, suffered engine failure after takeoff.
The full manifest of the occupants is yet to be released by aviation authorities, but P.M.NEws learnt that an aide of Governor Olusegun Mimiko, who also doubles as a son of a prominent Nigerian politician, was on board. So was a director of a popular funeral company in Lagos.
In Akure, officials of the government waiting to receive the casket, were said to have left the airport, upon hearing news of the tragedy in Lagos.
A press conference is about taking place at the Lagos airport.
The last plane crash in Lagos was the Dana Air’s McDonnell Douglas MD-83 operating as Flight 992. It crashed into a two-storey building at Iju Railway, Ishaga a suburb of Lagos. All 153 people on board the aircraft were killed. Following the crash, all flights by Dana Air were halted by Nigeria’s Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA). The airline’s licence was restored in September 2012 before the inquiry into the accident was concluded.
Plane crash: no survivor
People at the scene of crash. Photo Simon Ateba
Still at the crash scene
Part of the crashed plane. Photo Simon Ateba
UPDATE: Olusegun Agagu's 2 children dead
The casket carrying the corpse of Chief Olusegun Agagu, the former
governor of Ondo state was found intact in the rubble of the Associated
Airline plane that crashed in Lagos Nigeria today, aviation sources told
P.M.NEWS today.But two of Agagu’s children, a son and a daughter, did not survive. It could not be confirmed if another son who was also accompanying the corpse, was among the five survivors of the crash.
FAAN in a statement had said 15 people died in the plane, while 5 survived. The five are being treated in the hospital.
The Associated airlines plane crashed on Thursday morning, minutes after taking off at the Murtala Muhammed International in Lagos, southwestern Nigeria, aviation authorities said.
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, said the crash occurred at 9.32 am.
The propeller aircraft marked 5N-BJY crashed on its way Akure, the Ondo State Capital with 20 passengers on board, authorities said. It was not clear if that figure included crew members.
“We confirm today the crash of an Embraer 120 (plane) belonging to Associated airlines,” the statement read.
“The rescue operation commenced immediately with all the relevant agencies moving enmasse to the crash site,” FAAN said.
Authorities said the black box of the crashed plane has been found and some survivors were already being treated at the hospital.
UPDATE: The confusion over number of passengers
The Ministry of Aviation and the Accident Investigation Bureau have differed over the number of passengers aboard the Associated Airlines Embraer plane, which crashed in Lagos on Thursday morning.
The ministry, through its spokesperson, Joe Obi, had, in a statement, said, “The plane had 20 passengers and seven crew members on board.”
But at a press briefing on Thursday, a commissioner in AIB, Shehu Usman, said 20 persons were on board the ill-fated flight.
Usman said, “There were 20 people on board, 13 passengers and seven crew members, which included two pilots, two cabin crew members and engineers.
“The plane had a 30-seat capacity. From four survivors which we had initially, we now have six survivors.
“We cannot release the names of the casualties or the hospitals where they are until we have contacted the families involved.”
“The plane was a Brazilian made Embraer aircraft. The issue of the age of the aircraft has not come up yet. They concluded the search and rescue operations at about 11.50am.”
More details soon....
Source: Punch
UPDATE: Why the plane carrying Agagu’s corpse crashed
Nine bodies have
been recovered so far from the charter plane which crashed shortly
after takeoff in Lagos on Thursday, and six survivors confirmed.
The Associated Airlines charter flight took off at about 9:30 am (0830 GMT) from the domestic terminal at Lagos’s Murtala Mohammed International Airport.
“It was going to Akure (in the southwest). The engine failed on takeoff and it crash-landed and burst into flames,” said Supo Atobatele, spokesman for the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency.
Source: Vanguard
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