A close family friend of Feyi, son of late Chief Agagu, who is one of
the survivors of the ill fated Associated Airlines flight, told Vanguard
that he (Feyi) was initially reluctant to enter the plane after seeing
how old it looked. (The exact plane pictured right). He and others
survived basically by sitting at the back of the plane. Below is what a
family insider Feyi spoke to said;
“The young man said that once they
got to the tarmac before boarding and once he sighted the plane, what
struck him was the seemingly very old look of the plane. Feyi said he didn’t like the looks of the
plane. He also said but for the importance and significance of the
trip, his inner sense didn’t feel comfortable boarding the plane.
"In fact, Feyi said he told another survivor, Femi Akinsanya, that the plane looked too old and he didn’t feel like boarding.
But Feyi said he was told not to get himself worked up needlessly since
this was not going to be his first time aboard a plane neither would
this be the first old-looking plane that he would board. That was how he said he boarded the plane”.
“Feyi recounted how he and Femi
Akinsanya boarded the plane and moved straight to the back end to take
up seats. Why Feyi chose the back seat”, the source said, “was
more a function of his state of mind about the state of the plane rather
than a preference for taking a back seat.
