Plane crash near Lagos airport kills 15

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By Chijioke Ohuocha and Tim Cocks LAGOS (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 140 miles away. "An Embraer 120 plane came down at 9.32 a.m. (4:32 a.m. ...




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