SEE The Profile of The Associated Airlines Plane That Crashed In Lagos Yesterday!

The complete profile of the ill-fated Associated Airlines Plane carrying the corpse of former Ondo State Governor, Olusegun Agagu, which crashed yesterday in Lagos has been released.

Find details below:

The Associated Airlines Embraer 120 plane with registration number 5N-BJY, which crashed in Lagos on Thursday, was manufactured in Brazil in 1990.

Although its first flight date is unknown, the aircraft, with serial number 174, was said to be 23.5 years old.

According to Airfleets.net, the plane had been flown by three United States-based airlines for 17 years before being sent to Nigeria, namely - Britt Airlines, Continental Express and JRM Air LLC.

Britt Airlines bought the plane on March 23, 1990, and marked it in US registration as N51726. Continental Express later bought it on September 1, 1990 and kept it under US registration as N51726.

Before coming to Nigeria, the plane was later bought by JRM Air LCC which also marked it N 388JR.
It was flown for six years in the country by Associated Airlines before Thursday’s accident.