Plane Crash In Lagos At Airport Road MMIA, Near Toll Gate

A 30-seater passenger plane has crashed shortly after take-off from Lagos airport in Nigeria, officials and eyewitnesses say.

The plane was bound for Akure in the south-west of the country, a spokesman for the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency told AFP.

The engine failed and it crash-landed and burst into flames, Supo Atobatele was quoted as saying.

There was no immediate information on casualties.