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| Nigeria plane crash kills all 153 on board | |
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| A passenger jet crashed into a crowded suburb of the Nigerian city of Lagos on Sunday killing all 147 passengers and crew. | A passenger jet crashed into a crowded suburb of the Nigerian city of Lagos on Sunday killing all 147 passengers and crew. |
| The plane took off from Abuja and was due to land at Lagos airport when it crashed into a furniture workshop, then into residential buildings in the Agege area of the city and burst into flames. Government officials said that it was likely there were further casualties among the residents of the buildings damaged by the aircraft. | The plane took off from Abuja and was due to land at Lagos airport when it crashed into a furniture workshop, then into residential buildings in the Agege area of the city and burst into flames. Government officials said that it was likely there were further casualties among the residents of the buildings damaged by the aircraft. |
| "We heard a huge explosion, and at first we thought it was a gas canister," said Timothy Akinyela, 50, a local newspaper reporter who was watching a football match with friends in a bar near the crash site in a residential street where tin-roofed houses line mud roads. | "We heard a huge explosion, and at first we thought it was a gas canister," said Timothy Akinyela, 50, a local newspaper reporter who was watching a football match with friends in a bar near the crash site in a residential street where tin-roofed houses line mud roads. |
| Showing a video he had taken on his phone, he added: "Then there were some more explosions and everyone ran out. It was terrifying. There was confusion and shouting." | Showing a video he had taken on his phone, he added: "Then there were some more explosions and everyone ran out. It was terrifying. There was confusion and shouting." |
| Crowds of residents surrounded the crash site, delaying emergency services from searching for survivors. | Crowds of residents surrounded the crash site, delaying emergency services from searching for survivors. |
| Yushau Shuaib, spokesman for the National Emergency Management Agency, said more casualties on the ground were likely but the number was unknown. He said officials were still trying to get an official manifest on the flight. | Yushau Shuaib, spokesman for the National Emergency Management Agency, said more casualties on the ground were likely but the number was unknown. He said officials were still trying to get an official manifest on the flight. |
| Sometimes for flights in Nigeria paper tickets are issued without a computer record. Government officials gave various figures for the number of people on the aeroplane. One said 147, another 153. | |
| The plane was operated by Dana Air, which normally flies Boeing MD83 aircraft. | |
| The nose of the plane was embedded in the three-storey apartment building, damaging only part of the structure. Fires smouldered as several thousand people looked on. A group of men stood atop the landing gear that was smoking and took pictures with their mobile phones. | The nose of the plane was embedded in the three-storey apartment building, damaging only part of the structure. Fires smouldered as several thousand people looked on. A group of men stood atop the landing gear that was smoking and took pictures with their mobile phones. |
| The presidency said in a statement the crash "has sadly plunged the nation into further sorrow on a day when Nigerians were already in grief over the loss of many other innocent lives in the church bombing in Bauchi state", referring to a suicide bombing that killed 10 people. |