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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 say. | |
Witnesses told Reuters news agency they saw the Dana Air plane strike the building and burst into flames. | |
Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority head Harold Denuren told local media he did not believe any of the approximately 150 people on board had survived. | |
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. |