Plane Crashes in Lagos !

 

A commercial aircraft belonging to Dana Air has crashed with 153 people on board in Lagos state. More details as they come. 

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 local media.
He was quoted as saying he did not believe any of the approximately 150 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.
Witnesses told Reuters news agency they saw the plane strike a building and burst into flames.
Other reports said the weather at the time was clear and sunny.
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