An aircraft carrying the coffin of former Governor of Ondo
State, Chief Olusegun Agagu has crashed near the Murtala Mohammed International
Airport, Lagos. The aircraft with registration number 5N BJY 59 belonging to
Association Airline, also had four
crew and 16 passengers on board and was conveying the corpse to Ondo State for
burial when the accident occurred as soon as it took off from the airport. It was
confirmed that 14 persons died while 6 persons survived the accident and are
currently receiving treatment in an undisclosed hospital in Lagos. However, it was
revealed that the casket containing the corpse was intact. It was also revealed
that as soon as the plane took off from the airport, the pilot discovered that
the plane developed an engine fault but the pilot could not maneuver the plane to land before it
crashed.
Chief Agagu's coffin
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