Nigerian Minister for Aviation Sirika Hadi said earlier on Twitter that "a military aircraft King Air 350 has just crashed short of our Abuja runway after reporting engine failure en route Minna," a city about 110 kilometers (68 miles) northwest of Abuja. He gave no details on casualties but wrote: "It appears to be fatal."
The twin-propeller King Air 350i, a variant of the model, takes up to eight passengers, according to the plane manufacturer's website.
In scrubland just outside the airport perimeter, dozens of military and airport officials picked through scattered debris while the smell of burning chemicals lingered in the air, a Reuters witness said.
“I just saw the whole thing explode, fire and smoke together... When I got there I saw dead bodies on the ground.”
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