Air Crash: Yet Another Survivor Dies in LASUTH

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.

Also, another female cabin crew member, Queeneth Owolabi, who is currently at the Nigerian Air Force Hospital, is said to be recuperating too.

As at press time, it was uncertain if the duo of Feyi Agagu and Femi Akinsanya, who also survived the crash, were still at the BT unit of the same hospital where they were transferred to over the weekend.