Full details: Associated Airlines plane carrying the body of Late Olusegun Agagu crashes in in Lagos (photos...VDA)

The Associated Airlines plane, with registration number 5NBJY, which crashed within the precinct of the MMIA, Ikeja, Lagos, on Thursday, lost an engine immediately after it took off.A source, who confided in Punch, said the pilot of the distressed plane tried to return to the airport while the aircraft crashed about 800 metres away from the airport. The EMBRA plane 120 crashed by the Sahara Group building few metres away from the MMIA access gate.
The Accident Investigation Bureau has said the two black boxes of the Associated Airlines plane, which crashed in Lagos on Thursday, have been recovered.The Director of Engineering, AIB, Mr. Emmanuel Dialla, said the two black boxes had been retrieved from the accident scene.Dialla said, “AIB has succeeded in picking the two black boxes, which will give us an insight into what really happened.
Rescue agencies have recovered the bodies of nine victims of the Associated Airlines plane, which crashed around the access gate of the MMIA, Lagos, on Thursday.No official confirmation has been released by the relevant agencies on the number of casualties.Twenty passengers were on board the plane, which was conveying the body of the former governor of Ondo State, Dr. Olusegun Agagu, who died in Lagos on Friday last week, to Akure, the state capital .
Unconfirmed reports said the late Agagu’s son, Feyi, was among the crash victims.The identities of the other victims of the crash could not be ascertained as of press time. More pics below please viewer discretion advised.

Update: Late Olusegun Agagu's son, Feyi, survived. He is receiving treatment at LASUTH. His wife had flown in earlier and had arrived Akure before the crash.
The management of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) has released the names of some survivors
They are:
1. Agagu  Feyi - Survivor
2. Akintunde Taiwo - Survivor
3. Akintunde Akeem - Survivor
4. Akinsanya Femi - Survivor
5. Unknown male - Survivor








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