- Title: NIGERIA: Plane crash near Nigeria's Lagos airport kills 16
- Date: 3rd October 2013
- Summary: when a small passenger plane crashed shortly after takeoff outside Lagos airport's domestic terminal on Thursday, Nigerian authorities said. LAGOS, NIGERIA (OCTOBER 3, 2013) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF PEOPLE STANDING AND TALKING OUTSIDE BUILDING WITH SIGN READING (English) "Surgical Emergency" VARIOUS OF HEALTH WORKERS SPEAKING TO RELATIVES AT DESK SET UP OUTSIDE, PAPER ON DESK READING (English) "Information / Help Desk, Plane Crash, 3/10/2013" VARIOUS OF PEOPLE, INCLUDING RELATIVES OF CRASH VICTIMS, AND CARS OUTSIDE EMERGENCY BUILDING
- Embargoed: 18th October 2013 13:00
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- Location: Nigeria
- Country: Nigeria
- Topics: Accidents
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- Story Text: Sixteen people were killed when a small passenger plane crashed shortly after takeoff outside Lagos airport's domestic terminal on Thursday (October 3), Nigerian authorities said.
The aircraft, operated by Nigeria's Associated Airlines, came down in open ground, close to an aviation fuel depot in the commercial capital.
Local media reported it was carrying the body of a former regional governor, and members of his family, to his funeral. A Reuters reporter saw emergency workers take a coffin out of the wreckage.
The Embraer 120 plane, a Brazilian make, was flying to Akure, a town about 140 miles (225 km) east of Lagos, and came down just after 9:30 a.m (0830 GMT), Aviation Minister Stella Oduah said in a statement.
The plane's flight recorder had been found and an investigation started into what caused the crash, she added.
Sixteen people were killed and four survived, said Usman Muktar, Commissioner of the Accident Investigation and Prevention Bureau.
According to the airfleets.net website, which keeps a record of passenger aircraft worldwide, the crashed aircraft was more than 23 years old.
Africa's second largest economy has seen a series of air accidents. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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