The Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) probing the October third 2013 air crash involving an Associated Airlines plane has revealed that the aircraft took off with a faulty right engine.

The AIB made this known through a preliminary report on the accident which led to the loss of 15 lives.

Addressing a news conference in Abuja, Commissioner in charge of accident investigation, Captain Mukhtar Usman stated that the investigation conducted on the cockpit voice and flight data recorders of the aircraft showed that the faulty engine was noticed shortly before take-off.

He also said that the insistence of the Pilot to fly the aircraft despite an automated warning from the on-board computer voice machine indicating that the take-off flaps were not in a correct position may have contributed to the crash.