Pastor Ayo Ortsejafor, the President of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), has sympathized with the families of those that lost their lives during yesterday’s ill-fated plane crash at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos State.

The Associate Airline which has twenty people, including the remains of the late former Ondo State Governor, Dr. Olusegun Agagu, crashed immediately it took off from the local wing of the airport, killing more than eleven passengers on board.

Pastor Oritsejafor said in a statement released from Abuja that the Federal Government should endeavour to probe the reason why the plane crashed.

The statement reads: “Our thought go to the bereaved Agagu’s family as we continue prayers for protection of those the late former governor left behind.

“Again, CAN restate that the frequent air crashes in the Nigerian aviation sector is the result of the Nigerian factor which receives strident denunciation in policies, passionate homilies of the clergy and tirades of well-meaning Nigerians, yet nothing works. It shows that take-off and landing remains the most dangerous aspects of flying in Nigeria’s aviation industry.

“We call on the Federal Government to come up with practical measures that would reduce the margin of errors in traffic air signals, mechanical faults and bad weather. It should also undertake periodic investigations of the financial base and repair history of the airlines operating in Nigeria in order to ensure that they do not adopt short-cut policies that would endanger air travelers.”