25-seater plane crashes on Lagos beach

A 25-seater plane crashed on a beach near Nigeria's commercial hub of Lagos today.

A 25-seater plane crashed on a beach near Nigeria's commercial hub of Lagos today.

Details of the crash were not immediately available, but the station said rescue workers had already been dispatched to the scene, Goshen Beach.

Nigerian aviation officials were unavailable for comment.

One person was killed on Wednesday when an airforce trainer aircraft crashed in the northern Nigerian city of Kano.

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