BREAKING NEWS: Death Toll In Lagos Plane Crash Reached 17 As The Rescue Operation Ended (UPDATED, PHOTOS,)
Officials said the plane crashed on to open land within the airport complex close to a fuel storage a minute after take-off.
Spokesman for the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), Supo Atobatele, added that the engine of the jet had failed on takeoff and it crash-landed and burst into flames.
Aviation Ministry spokesman, Joe Obi, added that the plane nose-dived into a building in the area: "The plane couldn't lift properly so it just came down."
Spokesperson of the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria, Yakubu Datti, told Al Jazeera that there are five survivors. They have been rushed to a nearby hospital, he added
.By now the rescue operation has ended. Agagu's body recovered.
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One of the eyewitnesses, Ahmad Safian, told the BBC: "I heard a loud bang and then there was lots of black smoke. The security forces rushed straight to the scene. I saw three bodies removed from the wreckage."
He also said the road to the airport was blocked for a short time but operations were continuing as normal at the airport.
The passengers, perished and survived...
An Associated Airline jet was carrying seven crew and 20 passengers heading to Akure, Ondo state for the burial of former Ondo State governor, Olusegun Agagu, who passed away September 13, 2013.
Agagu's family members and Ondo state officials were in the plane. Two of Agagu’s children, a son and a daughter, did not survive. However, ex-governor's wife was not in the plane crash; she and Agagu’s brother, Femi, arrived Akure earlier in a separate flight.
On board the ill-fated aircraft were also Agagu’s only son, Feyi, the Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Mr Deji Falae and a staff in the Protocol Department of the Governor’s office, Mr Layi Daji. Also on board were MrTunji Okusanja Jr and his father, Tunji Okusanja.
However,
while Okusanja senior is said to have sustained injuries and
unconscious, his son is believed to have been among those who died. The
Okusanja family owns the MIC Caskets, a popular funeral undertakers in
Lagos Island. An employee of MIC Caskets, identified as Chijioke, was also among the perished. An Associated Airline jet was carrying seven crew and 20 passengers heading to Akure, Ondo state for the burial of former Ondo State governor, Olusegun Agagu, who passed away September 13, 2013.
Agagu's family members and Ondo state officials were in the plane. Two of Agagu’s children, a son and a daughter, did not survive. However, ex-governor's wife was not in the plane crash; she and Agagu’s brother, Femi, arrived Akure earlier in a separate flight.
On board the ill-fated aircraft were also Agagu’s only son, Feyi, the Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Mr Deji Falae and a staff in the Protocol Department of the Governor’s office, Mr Layi Daji. Also on board were MrTunji Okusanja Jr and his father, Tunji Okusanja.
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1. Agagu Feyi - Survivor
2. Akintunde Taiwo - Survivor
3. Akintunde Akeem - Survivor
4. Akinsanya Femi - Survivor
5. Unknown male - Survivor
6. Chijioke Duru - Dead
7. Unknown male adult - Dead
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The jet was also conveying the corpse of Agagu. The casket
carrying his corpse was found intact in the rubble of plane. However, it
failed to open after all efforts by the rescue teams. It has now been
moved to the Air Force Base close to the airport.
While the plane was about to leave the Lagos airport, Ondo State government officials, including Governor Olusegun Mimiko,
as well as other members of Agagu’s family gathered at the Akure
airport waiting for the corpse of the former governor. They have moved
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