The Head of Aeromedical Standards, Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Dr Teresa Bassey, on Friday said that the survivors of the Associated Airlines plane crash were responding positively to treatment.
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Bassey spoke during a joint press conference by officials of the NCAA and the General Manager, Corporate Communications, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Mr Yakubu Dati.
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The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that 13 of the 20 passengers on board the aircraft died in the accident, while seven others survived.
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The survivors were being treated at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja, and the General Hospital, Gbagada , Lagos.
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The aircraft was conveying the remains of former governor of Ondo State, Dr Olusegun Agagu, to Akure.
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"I am happy to inform you that all the seven survivors are responding to treatment. We have visited them and spoken to those who can respond.
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"Also, we have visited about 80 per cent of their family members to condole with them,''. Bassey said.
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She said that even those in the intensive care unit and one of the survivors that had undergone surgery late on Thursday were responding positively to treatment.