Lagos plane crash kills an engineer from Kerala

Kochi: Rijo Eldos, a computer engineer hailing from the Neriamangalam in Idukki district of Kerala, was one of the 153 victims who were on the Nigerian airplane that crashed on Sunday in the densely populated city of Lagos.

According to his family, Eldos was travelling from Abuja to Lagos to take part in a company meeting. He was working with the Reddington in Nigeria.

The family is hoping to get his body back soon. Eldos was supposed to come home for vacation in less than two months, according to family sources.

The Dana Air flight crashed into a building in downtown Lagos setting three houses afire.

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