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Lagos Plane Crash: 153 Passengers Feared Killed

Posted: June 3, 2012 - 17:39

Aircraft engulfed in flames

By SaharaReporters, New York

A McDonnell Douglas (MD-83) aircraft with registration number 5N-RAM 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-992, 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.