Thursday, October 3, 2013

Nigeria: 15 feared dead in plane crash near Lagos Airport

(Reuters) - Fifteen people were killed when an Embraer passenger plane crashed shortly after take-off just outside Lagos airport's domestic terminal on Thursday, Nigerian authorities said.

Airports Authority general manager Yakubu Dati told a news conference the plane was an Embraer 120, a Brazilian make.

The Associated Airlines plane was flying from Nigeria's commercial capital to Akure, a southwestern town about 225 kilometers (140 miles) away.

"An Embraer 120 plane came down at

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