An Associated Airline plane bound for Akure, capital of
Ondo State in western Nigeria, has crashed in Lagos.
The plane with 20 people on board was said to have
suffered an engine failure Thursday shortly after takeoff ,
crash-landing on the runway before catching fire, an
aviation official said.
Scene of the plane crash in Lagos this morning
“It was an Associated Airline plane. It was going to Akure
(southwest). The engine failed on takeoff and it crash-
landed and burst into flames. Twenty people were on
board,” said Supo Atobatele, spokesman for the Nigerian
Airspace Management Agency.
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