- The aircraft is EMB 120RT model with capacity for 20-30 passengers.
- It is twin-turboprop commuter airliner
- It is made by a Brazilian aerospace conglomerate called EMBRAER S.A(Embraer-Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica) that produces commercial, military, and executive aircraft and provides aeronautical servicess founded in 1969.
- The manufacturer was initially owned by Brazilian Government until it was privatised.
- Serial production of EMB 120RT ended in 2001 and as much as 300 may have been produced.
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- Associated Airline is the only airline in Nigeria that uses it for commercial services
- The airline firm have 4 Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia out of her 9 aircraft.
- Between 1986 and now there have not being less than 15 air crash associated with the company products with at least 4 by the same brand worldwide.
- EMB 120 has killed more than 120 people since 1987.
- Each cost account about 1.4billion - 1.76billion naira(8,500,000–11,000,000 USD)
- This is the first crash of the aircraft model in Nigeria
- The ill-fated flight was Number 631
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Saturday, October 5, 2013
12 THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT EMBRAER THAT CRASH AGAGU'S DEAD BODY
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