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Passenger plane crashes into building in Lagos | |
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A passenger plane with about 150 people on board has crashed into a building in Nigeria's main city of Lagos. | |
The Dana Air plane struck a two-storey building and burst into flames, witnesses were quoted as saying. | |
The head of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority said he doubted anyone could have survived the crash. Thousands of onlookers were drawn to the crash site. | |
Rescue services pulled at least one body from the rubble and were searching for survivors, AP news agency said. | |
The plane crashed in the densely populated Iju neighbourhood, just north of the airport, Lagos State police spokesman Joseph Jaiyeoba told AFP. | |
Smoke billows | |
At the crash site, reporters saw plane wreckage scattered around and the body of the plane lodged into an apartment building. | |
Firefighters tried to put out the smouldering flames of the jet engine as black smoke billowed. | |
There were conflicting reports as to whether the flight was arriving in Lagos from the Nigerian capital, Abuja, or was leaving Lagos bound for Abuja when the crash happened. | There were conflicting reports as to whether the flight was arriving in Lagos from the Nigerian capital, Abuja, or was leaving Lagos bound for Abuja when the crash happened. |
The weather at the time was overcast. | |
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. | 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. |