A rescue operation is ongoing. At least 13 people are known to have died and several more of those on board were injured. The Associated Airlines plane was bound for Akure, which lies about 140 miles (225km) north-east of Lagos. The plane's engine appeared to fail and the aircraft plunged to the ground and burst into flames, officials said.The charter flight took off at about 09:30 local time (08:30 GMT) from the domestic terminal at Lagos's Murtala Mohammed International Airport. Officials said the plane crashed on to open land within the airport complex, close to a fuel storage depot. The son of the late former Governor of Ondo State, Dr. Olusegun Agagu, Feyi, Thursday survived the Associated Airlines plane crash in Lagos.
Casket bearing the remains of Late Olusegun Agagu.
Feyi was said to have sustained non-life threatening injuries in the crash that left 17 passengers on board dead. He was however among the survivors that had been taken to the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) for medical attention. A member of Olusegun Obasanjo’s family whose name could not be ascertained as at the time of filing this report was said to have died in the crash. 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 Mr Tunji 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 that 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 those that died in the crash. As at the time of filing this report, Agagu’s corpse had been taken to the Nigerian Airforce base.
Onlookers gather around the wreckage.
BBC/THISDAY LIVE.
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