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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 with about 150 people on board has crashed into a building in Nigeria's main city of Lagos. | 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 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. | 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. | 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. | The plane crashed in the densely populated Iju neighbourhood, just north of the airport, Lagos State police spokesman Joseph Jaiyeoba told AFP. |
| Smoke billows | Smoke billows |
| The commercial DC-10 plane was flying from the Nigerian capital, Abuja, to Lagos when the crash took place. | |
| There were chaotic scenes as onlookers and emergency services rushed to the crash site. | |
| At the crash site, reporters saw plane wreckage scattered around and the body of the plane lodged into an apartment building. | At the crash site, reporters saw plane wreckage scattered around and the body of the plane lodged into an apartment building. |
| Several charred corpses could be seen in the rubble, reported AP. | |
| The plane did not to appear to have nose-dived into the building but to have landed on its belly, careering through a furniture shop and then into residential buildings, it said. | |
| Firefighters tried to put out the smouldering flames of the jet engine as black smoke billowed. | Firefighters tried to put out the smouldering flames of the jet engine as black smoke billowed. |
| An investigation is under way, but in difficult conditions as darkness falls, says the BBC's East Africa correspondent Will Ross. | |
| The weather at the time of the crash was overcast - but there were none of the storms that regularly strike the city. | |
| On 11 May a similar Dana Air plane - possibly the same one - developed a technical problem and was forced to make an emergency landing in Lagos, our correspondent adds. | |
| 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. |