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| Passenger plane crashes into building in Lagos | Passenger plane crashes into building in Lagos |
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| A passenger aircraft crashed into a building in Nigeria's largest city on Sunday. | A passenger aircraft crashed into a building in Nigeria's largest city on Sunday. |
| Casualty figures are not yet immediately known. The government said the plane had 153 passengers on board, but it was unclear how many people had been inside the building. | Casualty figures are not yet immediately known. The government said the plane had 153 passengers on board, but it was unclear how many people had been inside the building. |
| Firefighters searching for survivors pulled at least one body from the badly damaged building, and several bodies could be seen in the rubble. | Firefighters searching for survivors pulled at least one body from the badly damaged building, and several bodies could be seen in the rubble. |
| The Dana Air flight was flying from Abuja to Lagos. It did not appear to have nosedived into the building, but seemed to have landed on its belly. | The Dana Air flight was flying from Abuja to Lagos. It did not appear to have nosedived into the building, but seemed to have landed on its belly. |
| It first crashed through a furniture shop and then into residential buildings next to the shop in a densely populated area just north of the airport. The nose of the plane was embedded in the three-storey apartment building, damaging only one part of the structure. | It first crashed through a furniture shop and then into residential buildings next to the shop in a densely populated area just north of the airport. The nose of the plane was embedded in the three-storey apartment building, damaging only one part of the structure. |
| At the scene, fires still smouldered everywhere as a group of men stood atop the landing gear and took pictures with their mobile phones. Emergency services tried to put out fires in a jet engine and carried at least one body from the building as it continued to crumble. Several thousand people looked on. | At the scene, fires still smouldered everywhere as a group of men stood atop the landing gear and took pictures with their mobile phones. Emergency services tried to put out fires in a jet engine and carried at least one body from the building as it continued to crumble. Several thousand people looked on. |
| Two fire trucks and about 50 rescue personnel were at the site an hour after the plane went down. The Nigerian Red Cross arrived, as well as Nigeria's air crash safety investigators. | Two fire trucks and about 50 rescue personnel were at the site an hour after the plane went down. The Nigerian Red Cross arrived, as well as Nigeria's air crash safety investigators. |
| Lagos's international airport is a hub for west Africa, and 2.3 million passengers passed through it in 2009. The government says it has full radar coverage of Nigeria, but power cuts are common and generators sometimes fail at airports, causing radar screens to go blank. | Lagos's international airport is a hub for west Africa, and 2.3 million passengers passed through it in 2009. The government says it has full radar coverage of Nigeria, but power cuts are common and generators sometimes fail at airports, causing radar screens to go blank. |
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