Plane Crash In Northern Nigeria, Six On Board Survive
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A Cessan 208 Jet with six passengers on board has crashed on its way to Yola Airport in North Central Nigeria local news TV Station Channels is reporting. All six passengers including a State Governor of Taraba are confirmed to have survived.
The Commissioner for Information in Taraba State, Mr Emmanuel Bello is said to have confirmed that the governor of the state, survived the plane crash and he is now on bed and receiving medical attention.
The Commissioner however refused to confirm whether the governor was the one that flew the crashed plane.
An official of the Federal Airport Authority (FAAN) in Nigeria has also confirmed that the plane with six passengers lost control 38miles to landing at 1.730z in Yola.
According to the FAAN official, the plane took off from Jalingo, the Taraba State capital to Yola Airport.
FAAN claimed the crash was confirmed by its official at the Yola Airport Control tower.
Nigerian Avaition industry has come under scrutiny in recent months after a commercial airliner crashed in Lagos earlier in the year.
The plane, a Boeing McDonnell Douglas 83 with registration number 5N-RAM, crashed into a building at the densely populated Iju-Ishaga area of Lagos, less than five minutes to touchdown.
All 153 on board perished in the tragedy. This is excluding those who were killed in their homes where the aircraft plunged into. The crash happened less than 24 hours after a Nigerian cargo plane crashed into a passenger bus in Accra, Ghana, killing 10 people.
The Commissioner however refused to confirm whether the governor was the one that flew the crashed plane.
An official of the Federal Airport Authority (FAAN) in Nigeria has also confirmed that the plane with six passengers lost control 38miles to landing at 1.730z in Yola.
According to the FAAN official, the plane took off from Jalingo, the Taraba State capital to Yola Airport.
FAAN claimed the crash was confirmed by its official at the Yola Airport Control tower.
Nigerian Avaition industry has come under scrutiny in recent months after a commercial airliner crashed in Lagos earlier in the year.
The plane, a Boeing McDonnell Douglas 83 with registration number 5N-RAM, crashed into a building at the densely populated Iju-Ishaga area of Lagos, less than five minutes to touchdown.
All 153 on board perished in the tragedy. This is excluding those who were killed in their homes where the aircraft plunged into. The crash happened less than 24 hours after a Nigerian cargo plane crashed into a passenger bus in Accra, Ghana, killing 10 people.
