US embassy cable - 05LAGOS1656

UNCLAS LAGOS 001656 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED - HANDLE ACCORDINGLY 
 
TRANSPORTATION FOR FAA 
DAKAR PLS PASS TO FAA REP ED JONES 
ROME PLS PASS TO TSA REP JOHN HALINSKI 
FOR DS/IP/AF 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: CASC, EAIR, NI, ASEC, PREL 
SUBJECT: SITREP #6: CRASH OF BELLVIEW FLIGHT B3210; OCTOBER 
24, 5:23 PM (LOCAL) 
 
REF: LAGOS 1648 AND PREVIOUS 
 
1. (SBU) The Consular Response Team (CRT) remained present at 
crash site throughout the morning and most of the afternoon, 
gathering information necessary to cross-check passenger 
identities with AMCIT registration records.  No/no additional 
amcits were discovered.  The CRT will deploy to the crash 
site again tomorrow. 
 
2. (SBU) Nigeria's Aviation Minister convened a press 
conference at 1400 (local) today where he noted the GON had 
formally requested USG assistance. Subsequently, the Aviation 
Minister stated that he and Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority 
Director General Onyeyiri intended to visit Transportation 
Secretary Mineta in Washington on October 28.  The Aviation 
 
SIPDIS 
Minister plans to forward a more detailed request for 
assistance in the coming days. 
 
3. (SBU)  The media reported the following prominent 
Nigerians were on board: Peoples Democratic Party Board of 
Trustees member and former Chairman of the Nigerian Railways 
Corporation, Waziri Mohammed; Post-Master General of the 
Federation, Alhaji Abubakar Argungu; Ascon Oil Limited 
Managing Director George Enenmoh; former MD Peoples Bank of 
Nigeria and current Ogun State Employment Coordinator, Maria 
Sokenu; ACB International Bank CEO John Udeka; and ECOWAS 
second-in-command General Cheick Diarra (Malian nationality). 
BROWNE