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Passenger plane 'crashes into building in Lagos' Passenger plane 'crashes into building in Lagos'
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A passenger plane has crashed into a building in Nigeria's main city of Lagos, officials and witnesses say. A passenger plane has crashed into a building in Nigeria's main city of Lagos, officials say.
The Dana Air flight was heading from Lagos to Abuja, Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority head Harold Denuren told AP news agency. Witnesses told Reuters news agency they saw the Dana Air plane strike the building and burst into flames.
There is no word yet on casualties. Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority head Harold Denuren told local media he did not believe any of the approximately 150 people on board had survived.
Federal emergency management confirmed the crash in a neighborhood just outside the airport, AP reported, and said emergency personnel were on their way to the scene. The crash took place in a neighbourhood just outside the airport, AP quoted federal emergency management as saying.
It said emergency personnel were on their way to the scene.
There were conflicting reports as to whether the Dana Air flight was arriving in Lagos from the Nigerian capital, Abuja, or was just leaving Lagos bound for Abuja.
Reports said the weather at the time of the crash was clear and sunny.
Nigeria, like many African countries, has a poor air safety record, though some efforts have been made to improve it since a spate of airline disasters in 2005.