ANOTHER PLANE CRASH

Wanted to get my facts right before posting it because there were so many conflicting figures when it happened yesterday.A chartered aircraft belonging to Associated Aviation Ltd., which had 20 persons and the remains of the late Gov. Segun Agagu of Ondo State on board, crashed yesterday near the international terminal of the Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA), leaving 13 passengers dead and seven others rescued. Mr Yakubu Dati, the General Manager, Corporate Communications, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) confirmed  the figures of the dead and survivors in the accident. In an update of the rescue operations, Commissioner of the Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB); Captain Umar Muktar said all rescue operations have been concluded.At the crash site yesterday, General Manager of Lagos State Emergency Management Authority (LASEMA); Dr. Femi Oke-Osayintolu said that rescue teams responded promptly and were able to rescue some of the passengers. Meanwhile,the burial of the Late Dr. Agagu, will go on as planned.Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ondo State, Ebenezer Alabi, said the family had been consulted and have decided to go ahead with the burial as they ordered that his remains be conveyed to his home town, by road to continue with the burial arrangement.The House Of Reps committee on aviation has ordered an investigation and I heard the Minister Of Aviation Stella Oduah said the airline had been suspended prior to this incident...hmmmm God help us.