Lagos Plane Crash: 153 Passengers Feared Killed

A McDonnell Douglas (MD-83)
aircraft operated by Dana
airlins plane carrying some 150
passengers has crashed into a
two-story building in a Lagos
suburb, killing all the
passengers on board.
The flight,9J-996, originating
from Abuja, was approaching
the Murtala Mohammed
International Airport in Lagos,
with less than four minutes to
landing.
It is not known how many
people were killed on the
ground.
"NEMA (the National Emergency
Management Agency) has
been alerted to an air crash
in the Ishaga area of Agege,
Lagos," NEMA spokesman
Yushua Shuaib said.
Angela Davies, a resident of
the area where the plane
crashed, said the plane had
the brand of domestic airline
Dana Air.
Dana officials and civil aviation
authority were not
immediately available for
comment and there was no
word on casualties.
Witnesses said they saw the
plane strike a building and
burst into flames.
Air crashes are not uncommon
in Nigeria, Africa's second
biggest economy, which has a
poor airline safety record.
Source: Sahara Reporters