PLANE CRASHES AT LAGOS AIRPORT

A plane, belonging to associated Airlines, carrying the body of late Agagu to Akure has crashed at the Lagos airport, witnesses and an official have said. A witness said 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. It is not yet clear if there was any casualty.

The spokesman of the Nigeria aviation agencies, Yakubu Datti, asked for more time to get details of the incident. The plane was just about to take off to Akure when the accident occurred. More details and later…