An aircraft with the body of a former Governor of
Ondo State, Dr. Olusegun Agagu, on board, crashed in Lagos on Thursday
morning less than a minute after take-off from the local wing of the
Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Ikeja.
The EMBRA plane 120, with other 20 passengers on
board, was conveying the body of the former governor, who died a week
ago, to Akure, the state capital, for the final burial ceremonies.
The 30-seat plane, belonging to Associated
Airlines, was said to have crashed around 9.20am immediately after
take-off into the compound of a private firm, around the MMIA access
gate.
Residents around the area told our corespondent that the plane exploded mid-air before coming down.
As of the time of filling this report, five of the passengers had been rescued out of the 20 on board.
The passengers, report claimed, could be relations of the late governor.
Rescue operations were still ongoing.
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