An unidentified police officer carries a data voice recorder at a crash site in Abuja, Nigeria, Monday, Oct. 30, 2006. The pilot of a Nigerian airliner that crashed a day earlier did not heed air traffic controllers' advice to wait for stormy weather to clear before taking off, the minister of aviation said Monday. The pilot was among 96 people killed in the crash; nine people survived. AP Photo logo AP Photo 36 months ago

An unidentified police officer carries a data voice recorder at a crash site in Abuja, Nigeria, Monday, Oct. 30, 2006. The pilot of a Nigerian airliner that crashed a day earlier did not heed air traffic controllers' advice to wait for stormy weather to clear before taking off, the minister of aviation said Monday. The pilot was among 96 people killed in the crash; nine people survived.

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