The ill-fated plane, with piston engine, had only the pilot and a passenger on board.

Following the crash of the J430 aircraft type, operated by Air First Hospital and Tour, the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, yesterday, remained silent over the development, just as the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau, NSIB, said it was investigating the circumstances that led to the accident and would make public its outcome.

The ill-fated plane, with piston engine, had only the pilot and a passenger on board.

The light single-engine aircraft, turbo 5N-CCQ, had crashed on the popular Oba Akran road, in the Ikeja Local Government Area of Lagos State, and burst into flames.

Though no life was lost, motorists and commuters scampered for safety as a result of the incident which resulted in traffic gridlock at the scene and adjourning roads.

Meanwhile, angry reactions, yesterday, generated the accident as stakeholders insisted that it was a criminal offence to test-run a new aircraft over an urban populated area.  

Giving an update on the accident, the spokesperson of the NCAA, Mr Sam Adurogboye, in a chat with Vanguard, urged Nigerians to wait for the outcome of the investigation.

Adurogboye said: “Nigerians have to wait for the outcome of the investigation from NSIB. Once an investigation is ongoing, every other comment remains speculative, until a report is brought forth by the NSIB.

“Also, in aviation, testing of flight has processes. There is a stage when you are accompanied and a stage when you can go alone.

“But I cannot comment on the development until a report is brought forward. Inside the report, sanctions, and other punitive measures will be addressed.”

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