15 die as plane crashes after take-off at Lagos
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Fifteen people were killed when an Embraer passenger plane crashed shortly after take-off just outside Lagos airport's domestic terminal yesterday, Nigerian authorities said.
Airports Authority general manager Yakubu Dati said the plane was an Embraer 120, a Brazilian make. The Associated Airlines plane was flying from Nigeria’s commercial capital to Akure, 225 kilometers away.
“An Embraer 120 plane came down at 9:32am with 20 passengers on board, inclusive of crew, and five survived,” Dati said. “We have recovered the black box.”
Aviation Ministry spokesman Joe Obi had earlier said 27 people were on the plane but Lagos state emergency management agency chief Olufemi Damilola Oke-Osanyintolu said only 20 of the seats were filled.
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