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<P>US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigators are to assist the inquiry into yesterday’s fatal accident involving <A href="http://www.adcairlines.com/travel.htm" target=_blank>Nigerian carrier ADC Air</A>lines Boeing 737-200 during take-off from <A href="http://www.abujacity.com/busni/travel/visito.html" target=_blank>Abuja international airport</A>.</P> <P>NTSB investigator Dennis Jones is to head the agency’s team. Jones was assigned to represent the NTSB during the probe into two other high-profile accidents in Nigeria last year, involving a Bellview Airlines Boeing 737 at Lagos and a Sosoliso Airlines McDonnell Douglas DC-9 at Port Harcourt.</P> <P>Nigeria’s government is said to be preparing to ground ADC Airlines in the aftermath of the crash.</P> <P>The aircraft had been carrying around 105 passengers and crew when it came down after departing the Nnamdi Azikwe airport in <A href="http://www.abujacity.com/" target=_blank>Nigerian capital Abuja