117 killed as Nigerian plane crashes after take-off

ALL 117 people died on board an airliner when it crashed shortly after take-off in Nigeria, it emerged yesterday.

Abilola Oloko, a spokesman for Oyo state where the plane came down on Saturday, had earlier raised hopes that more than half of those on board had survived. However, he later asserted that “the latest reports coming to us say that all the people on the plane died.”

He blamed confusion at the crash scene for the conflicting reports.