The cause of the Dana Air crash remained unknown Sunday night, as firefighters and police struggled to put out the flames around the wreckage of the Boeing MD83 aircraft.
Na juzi jumamosi jioni ndege nyingine ya Nigeria Boein 727 ya mizigo ilianguka Accra mji mkuu wa Ghana na kuuwa watu kumi"
In pieces: Onlookers survey the rubble and remains of the
crash in urban Lagos, Nigeria"
Crash: A commercial airliner crashed into a densely
populated neighborhood in Nigeria's largest city on Sunday, killing all 153
people on board and others on the ground in the worst air disaster in nearly two
decades"
Lagos state government said in a statement that 153 people were on the flight traveling from Nigeria's central capital of Abuja to Lagos in the nation's southwest. Rescue officials feared many others were killed or injured on the ground, but no casualty figures were immediately available.
President Goodluck Jonathan later declared three days of national mourning in Africa's most populous nation.
What remains: The bottom of the plane hit multiple roofs
in a Lagos neighborhood, killing all on board and injuring an unknown number of
people on the ground"
Devastating: A victim is carried from the scene of the
crash"
Lost hope: Crowds began to gather and wait to see if they
could help after some of the fires were put out hours after the Sunday afternoon
crash"
President Jonathan 'prays that God Almighty will grant the families of the victims of the plane crash the courage and fortitude to bear their irreparable loss,' a statement from his office read.
The aircraft appeared to have landed on its belly into the dense neighborhood that sits along the typical approach path taken by aircraft heading into Lagos' Murtala Muhammed International Airport.
Aid: Fire trucks- from the very few that are stationed in
Lagos state with a population of 17.5million- couldn't carry enough water and
required the help of onlookers"
Devastating: A white, noxious cloud rose from the crash
site that burned onlookers' eyes, seen here carrying a hose to help
firefighters' rescue efforts"
Some young men carried plastic buckets of water to the fire, trying to douse small portions. Fire trucks- from the very few that are stationed in Lagos state with a population of 17.5million- couldn't carry enough water"
Rescue efforts: The bodies of victims are carried from the
scene of the disaster"
Picha na baadhi ya maneno kutoka Mail Online"
really sad.
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