Two rescued as aircraft crashes in Lagos

<p>A single-engine aircraft crashed along the busy Oba Akran Avenue in Ikeja area of Lagos State and burst into flames on Tuesday.</p>, <p>Our correspondent gathered that the incident happened at about 3:30 pm.</p>, <p>The two occupants of the light aircraft were rescued.</p>, <p>Lagos Commissioner of Police Idowu Owohunwa visited the site, on Oba Akran Avenue, Ikeja, where the crash occured.</p>, <p>Police spokesman Benjamin Hundeyin said the pilot and co-pilot have been evacuated to a medical facility.</p>, <p>“Situation is under control as evacuation is almost complete,” Hundeyin tweeted while emergency operatives from the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) are already at the site of the crash.</p>, <p>In 2020, a helicopter crashed into a building at No 16 Salvation Road, Opebi in the Ikeja area of Lagos.</p>, <p>According to Lagos State Emergency Agency (LASEMA) and Lagos Rapid Response Squad, two people died and one survived.</p>, <p>On August 12, 2015, a helicopter operated by Bristow Helicopters Nigeria Limited carrying 10 passengers and a crew of two crashed in Lagos. Six people survived while six fatalities were recorded.</p>, <p>Also, on February 3, 2016, a Sikorsky S-76C++ Helicopter, belonging to Bristow Helicopters Nigeria Limited, was involved in a controlled-water landing in the Lagos lagoon but all 11 occupants in the helicopter survived.</p>