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 ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) - The Nigerian pilot of a plane that crashed on takeoff, killing him and 95 other people, did not heed air traffic controllers' advice to not depart in stormy weather, the minister of aviation said Monday.
Aviation Minister Babalola Borishade did not directly blame pilot error in Sunday's crash, the nation's third major jet accident in less than a year, but he said officials would try to curb pilots' power to ignore advice from the control tower.
Borishade said all of private Nigerian airline Aviation Development Co.'s planes had been grounded indefinitely and its flying license was suspended.
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