BREAKING NEWS: At Least Two Persons Confirmed Dead In Plane Crash At Lagos Airport (UPDATE)

There has been information that a light plane, probably on test drive, crash landed at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos this morning

NEMA has confirmed that at least two people died in the crash. Several others feared injured.

According to latest reports, a 30-seat Associated Airline jet flying to Akure, Ondo was carrying passengers heading for the burial of former Ondo State governor, Olusegun Agagu, a spokesman for the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency told AFP.

The plane took off and immediately nose-dived into a building in the area.

The crash occurred at the local wing of the airport close to the section were JET-A1, plane fuel, is stored.

Fire service officials were seen evacuating the occupants of the plane

“There’s a lot of smoke coming from the runway, but we can’t get access to it. There are fire-fighters rushing to the scene,” Rasaki Rhakod, who runs a car service around the airport, told Reuters by telephone.

The spokesman of the Nigeria aviation agencies, Yakubu Datti, asked for more time to get details of the incident.

We will keep you updated