ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) Nigeria's Federal Aviation Agency says authorities have grounded all aircraft belonging to Lagos-based Associated Airline following a plane crash that killed at least 13 passengers.
Spokesman Yakubu Dati said Monday the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority suspended all the company's operations on Friday, the day after thecrash of a plane chartered for the short flight from Lagos to the Ondo state capital of Akure.
The Associated Airline Embraer-120 nosedived to the ground minutes after taking off from the domestic terminal of Lagos' Murtala Muhammed Airport. It was carrying 13 passengers, seven crew members and the body of a former Ondo state governor. The casket was recovered.
Commissioner Muktar Usman of the Accident Prevention and Investigation Bureau said Monday that officials have started a readout of the plane's flight recorders.
