Aircraft that crashed in Lagos South African-made: NEMA
The plane that crashed on Tuesday in Lagos was a propeller aircraft built in South Africa, according to the Nigerian Emergency Management Agency (NEMA).
“It’s a South African-made plane; it is a propeller aircraft,” the NEMA acting coordinator for the South-West zonal office, Ibrahim Farinloye, said.
Responders were looking for a flight data recorder, cockpit recorder, and Cospas-Sarsat beacon at the scene of Tuesday’s helicopter crash in Lagos, South-West Nigeria, according to a prior statement from Mr Farinloye.
A Cospas-Sarsat beacon, also known as a distress radio beacon or emergency beacon, is a radio transmitter that can be activated in a life-threatening emergency to request assistance from the appropriate authorities, according to the International Satellite System for Search and Rescue.
“We are searching for a flight data recorder, cockpit recorder and Cospas Sarsat beacon,” Mr Farinloye said over two hours after the crash.
As reported earlier, there was fear on Tuesday as the chopper crashed and caught fire at about 3:30 p.m. in Oba Akran, across from AP petrol station and adjacent to the Ikeja branch of the United Bank for Africa office.
The aircraft is registered to Airfirst Hospitality and Tour Ltd with the registration number 5NCCQ, according to NEMA.
“There were two people on board. The control tower confirmed that there were only two people on board, not four. Three craters on the spot were created by impacts on the ground,” Mr Farinloye said.
