In our earlier report we said 20 persons were killed in Thursday’s crash. This was based on the number of passengers on board the Associated Air plane when it crashed during take-off this morning about 9.20 am. But only 14 persons were killed in the crash. Also, the son of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Deji Obasanjo was not on board as earlier reported by some media houses. Meanwhile, the Accident Investigation Bureau has said the two black boxes of the Associated Airlines plane, which crashed in Lagos on Thursday, have been recovered.
Director of Engineering, AIB, Mr. Emmanuel Dialla, said the two black boxes had been retrieved from the accident scene.
Dialla said: “AIB has succeeded in picking the two black boxes, which will give us an insight into what really happened.”
Those on board
Passengers
Feyi Agagu
Femi Akinsanya
Akintunde Joseph
Akeem Akintunde
Tunji Okusanya
Chijioke Duru
Kingsley Amaechi
Deji Afolabi
Mrs. E.O. Alabi
Daji Bernard
Deji Falae
Samson Hassan
Olatunji Okusanya
Crew members
Capt. Yakubu
Flight officer Oyinlola
Engr. Saroh Elaiye
Flight dispatcher Ibrahim
Mr. Felix Tatoye
Cabin attendant Owolabi
Cabin attendant Samson