Nigeria: Crashed Associated Airlines plane "not fit to fly" – Investigator

Preliminary  readout and analysis by the Accident Investigation Bureau on the  Associated Airlines plane that crashed in Lagos on Thursday last week  have revealed that the aircraft’s flaps and rightengine were not  technically fit before take-off.

The bureau said the crew, prior to departure, expressed some concerns about the plane.
Despite the concerns, the crew still flew the aircraft, which was  conveying the corpse of the former governor of Ondo State, Dr. Olusegun  Agagu. The plane eventually crashed and killed over 15 persons.
The Commissioner/Chief Executive Officer, AIB, Capt. Muhtar Usman,  who spoke at the headquarters of the bureau in Abuja on Friday, said,  “The Flight Data Recorder contains several engine related parameters  which the AIB is studying. At this point, we can state that the right  engine appears to be producing considerable less thrust than the left  engine.
“A warning configuration setting suggests that the flaps were not in  the correct position for take-off and there is some evidence that the  crew may have chosen not to use the flaps for take-off.”

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