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| Lagos air crash: All aboard feared dead, officials say | Lagos air crash: All aboard feared dead, officials say |
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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 and burst into flames. | A passenger plane with about 150 people on board has crashed into a building in Nigeria's main city of Lagos and burst into flames. |
| Nigeria's Civil Aviation Authority said there were no survivors on board the Dana Air plane. The cause of the crash is not yet known. | Nigeria's Civil Aviation Authority said there were no survivors on board the Dana Air plane. The cause of the crash is not yet known. |
| Thousands of onlookers gathered at the crash site as rescue services searched the rubble for survivors. | Thousands of onlookers gathered at the crash site as rescue services searched the rubble for survivors. |
| President Goodluck Jonathan has declared three days of mourning. | President Goodluck Jonathan has declared three days of mourning. |
| 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. |
| A spokesman for Nigeria's national emergency management agency said there were likely to be more casualties on the ground. | A spokesman for Nigeria's national emergency management agency said there were likely to be more casualties on the ground. |
| Smoke billows | Smoke billows |
| The commercial aircraft was flying from the Nigerian capital, Abuja, to Lagos when the crash took place. | The commercial aircraft was flying from the Nigerian capital, Abuja, to Lagos when the crash took place. |
| The plane struck a two-storey building and burst into flames, witnesses were quoted as saying. | The plane struck a two-storey building and burst into flames, witnesses were quoted as saying. |
| There were chaotic scenes as onlookers and emergency services rushed to the crash site. | 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. | Several charred corpses could be seen in the rubble. |
| 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, the Associated Press agency said. | 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, the Associated Press agency 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. | An investigation is under way, but in difficult conditions as darkness falls, says the BBC's East Africa correspondent Will Ross. |
| Technical problem | Technical problem |
| In a statement, President Jonathan declared three days of mourning. | In a statement, President Jonathan declared three days of mourning. |
| "President Jonathan, who has cancelled all his public engagements scheduled for tomorrow, has also directed that the Nigerian flag be flown at half-mast for the three days of national mourning," the statement added. | "President Jonathan, who has cancelled all his public engagements scheduled for tomorrow, has also directed that the Nigerian flag be flown at half-mast for the three days of national mourning," the statement added. |
| He had ordered the "fullest possible" investigation into the crash. | He had ordered the "fullest possible" investigation into the crash. |
| The weather at the time of the crash was overcast - but there were none of the storms that regularly strike the city. | 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. | 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. |
| Dana Air's website says it operates Boeing MD-83 planes to cities around Nigeria out of Murtala Muhammed Airport. | Dana Air's website says it operates Boeing MD-83 planes to cities around Nigeria out of Murtala Muhammed Airport. |
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