At least five people died in a plane crash for the Associated Airlines that occurred at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos Nigeria around 9.20 am on Thursday morning.
Several others were injured. The plane was conveying the body of the former Ondo State governor, Olusegun Agagu.
An Associated Airline jet with seven crew members and 20 passengers flying to Akure, Ondo was carrying passengers heading for the burial of former Ondo State governor, Olusegun Agagu, a spokesman for the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency said.
Some media reports from Nigeria state that nine people were killed.
The jet was also conveying the body of Agagu who perished a week ago. 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.
The plane nose-dived into a building in the area less than a minute after take-
off. Aviation Ministry spokesman, Joe Obi, said: “The plane couldn’t lift properly so it just came down. ”Some people were rushed to hospital. A few dead bodies have been recovered, and there were survivors.”
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. “There’s a lot of smoke coming from the runway, but we can’t get access to it.
There were fire-fighters rushing to the scene,” Rasaki Rhakod, who runs a car service around the airport, told Reuters by telephone. The spokesman of the Nigeria aviation agencies, Yakubu Datti, asked for more time to get details of the incident.
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