Plane crash update: the plane was 23 years old-Associate Airlines

The Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Associated
Airlines, Taiwo Raji, last night confirmed in a briefing
that the ill-fated flight Number 631, which crashed at
the Lagos airport two minutes after takeoff, actually
had 20 passengers on board, of which seven survived
while 13 were confirmed dead, putting an end to
conflicting reports on the number of deaths.
According to him, the last time the aircraft insured
locally by Sema Insurance, operated before
yesterday’s flight was August 30, 2013, adding the last
time it was taken for maintenance checks was on June
20, 2013.
Manufactured in 1990, the aircraft, according to Raji,
was 23 years old and was one of the 10 aircraft in its
fleet, six of which were serviceable.
Raji also said that five of the victims of the crash who
survived were receiving medical attention at the
Nigeria Air Force Medical Centre, Ikeja, Lagos, and at
the Federal Medical Centre, Ebuta Metta, Lagos, but
may be moved to a medical centre in Badagry because
of the extent of the burn sustained.
He said it was difficult to contact some of the relatives
of the crash victims but the company was making
efforts to contact them.