One of the five remaining survivors of the
ill-fated Associated Airlines’ aircraft 5NBJY, which crashed in Lagos last
week, killing 13 persons, on Tuesday night gave up the ghost despite concerted
efforts to save him.
The aircraft, an Embraer 120 Turboprop
series, had crashed within the premises of JUHEL and a Sahara tank farm, three
minutes after take-off from the local wing of the Murtala Mohammed
International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos.
The death of the deceased, who was identified
as Taiwo Akintunde, has increased the total death toll from the plane crash to
16 with four survivors still battling for their lives.
However, the only female survivor act the
Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Toyin Samson, who is
currently at the Recuperating Ward of the Surgical Emergency is still stable
except for the pains from the burns.