[ 2012-06-03 ]

Breaking News: Passenger Plane 'Crashes Into Building In Lagos, Nigeria'

A passenger plane has crashed into a building in
Nigeria's main city of Lagos, officials and
witnesses say.

The Dana Air flight was heading from Lagos to
Abuja, Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority head
Harold Denuren told AP news agency.

He was quoted elsewhere saying he did not believe
any of the 153 people on board had survived.

The crash took place in a neighbourhood just
outside the airport, AP quoted federal emergency
management as saying.

It said emergency personnel were on their way to
the scene.

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.

Source - BBC

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