"The six survivors were promptly
transported to the hospital and are receiving appropriate medical care,"
Princess Stella Oduah-Ogiemwonyi said in a statement on her Facebook page.
Two of the injured were in
critical condition, and four were in stable condition, said her spokesman, Joe
Obi, on her Facebook page.
The incident occurred at 9:32
a.m. when an Embraer 120 operated by Associated Airlines on a private charter
flight to Akure crashed shortly after takeoff from the airport's domestic wing
and burst into flames, she said.
First responders reached the
crash site and extinguished the fire within two minutes, "despite the surging
crowd," she said.
The flight data recorder and the
cockpit voice recorder have both been recovered from the wreckage, said Muhtar
Usman, commissioner with the Nigerian Accident Investigation Bureau.
The identities of the victims
were being withheld pending notification of relatives, Oduah-Ogiemwony said.
Among the passengers were
relatives of the late former governor of Ondo state, Olusegun Agagu, who were
accompanying his body on the flight, Nigerian state-run TV broadcaster NTA
reported.
Agagu was a former aviation
minister in Nigeria.
In a statement from an adviser,
President Goodluck Jonathan extended his condolences to relatives of the
dead.
"President Jonathan views the
plane crash as most unfortunate and regrettable, given the concerted efforts of
the federal government to enhance aviation safety in the country," said the
spokesman, Reuben Abati. "He has therefore ordered a thorough investigation of
the crash by all relevant agencies with a view to determining the cause and
taking further actions, as may become necessary."
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