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 ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) - A plane crash that killed 96 people in Nigeria might have been averted if the pilot had heeded advice from air traffic controllers to wait for a lightning storm to clear before taking off, the aviation minister said Monday.
Citing the decision as a possible cause of the third fatal passenger jet crash in this West African nation in a year, Aviation Minister Babalola Borishade said the government was preparing guidelines to stop such "reckless abuse of crew discretionary power."
Borishade did not directly blame pilot error for Sunday's crash, and authorities were still investigating what brought down the Boeing 737 owned by the Aviation Development Co.
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