Catharsis Ours: Horrible passenger plane crash in Lagos today with updated information ( seems like it could be Dana Airlines MD 83 - flight number 0992 ) - all 153 passengers feared killed - keep their souls and their families in your prayers.....

http://www.nigerianeye.com/2012/06/breaking-news-plane-crash-in-iju-lagos.html

Just 24 hours after a Nigerian cargo plane crashed in Ghana, a plane belonging to Dana Airlines crashed at the Iju/Ishaga area of Lagos yesterday evening.

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The plane was carrying 152 passengers from Abuja to Lagos. Eye witnesses say human beings are burning at the scene of the crash.

NigerianEye gathered that the plane crashed into a two-story building in the Iju-ishaga area of Lagos.

Femi Oke-Osanyinpolu, Lagos state emergency state manager, said Sunday that casualty numbers are unknown.

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At 12am on Monday morning, rescue efforts still continued at the crash site in darkness in the absence of electricity

Minister of Information, Labaran Makun said the Federal Government has ordered a full-scale investigation into the Dana Air Crash that claimed the lives of over 150 people

Former NTA Sunday show host and Group General Manager,Corporate Affairs of Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, Levi Ajuonuma was among the passengers involved in the Dana airline crash as Confirmed by the NNPC.

The Dana plane is said to have collapsed on Four buildings including a church.

Minister of Aviation, Princess Stella Oduah is currently at the site of the crash and she has told reporters that full investigation is going on

Dana Airlines Flight: 0992 declared emergency at 11 nautical miles to Lima Alfa gulf before eventually crashing

Residents said thety saw the Plane coming Low with full speed, making a loud noise as it slammed into the residential area

10 bodies have been recovered from the 2-storey building with 4 others unconscious...
- Relatives of the Ill-fated Dana Air flight besiege Abuja Airport
- Ehime Aikhomu, son of former Chief of General Staff, Admiral Augustus Aikhomu confirmed to be on the ill-fated Dana Air flight
- Nigerian Musician Iyanya Mbuk revealed on his twitter page that he missed the flight
Update: A Dana Air representative has confirmed to NigerianEye that the plane carrying 153 passengers which crashed at the Iju area of Lagos State, indeed belonged to the airline.

Update: Update: the DG of NCAA, Harold Demurin has sadly confirmed that none of the passengers on board the crashed Dana Airplane Survived

Update: Situation report at Muritala Mohammed Airport, where family and friends gather together waiting for the Passengers of the Dana Flight, they are wailing uncontrollably.

and.....

http://omojuwa.com/2012/black-sunday-plane-crash-in-lagos/

( additional photos at link )

DANACO from Dana air, flight MD83 crashed on approach some 5miles from the airport…
The sad news has been confirmed but details are sketchy. It is a commercial airliner operated by DANA Air and apparently crashed in the Iju area of Lagos. The aircraft was arriving from Abuja on a local flight when it crashed into a powerline in the area. The airliner has 153 passengers on board.
Details later…
May the souls of the departed Rest In Peace
Reports via BBC has it this way:
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 neighborhood 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.

Houses burning after the plane crash

EMERGENCY: Fire Service attention needed at the site of reported plane crash in Iju, Lagos State!

http://www.rt.com/news/passenger-plane-crash-lagos-881/

Passenger plane crashes in Nigeria, 153 on board (PHOTOS)

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Published: 03 June, 2012, 19:41

Passenger plane crashes in Nigeria, 153 on board (PHOTOS)

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A passenger plane has crashed into a two-story building in the Nigerian city of Lagos. Officials have said there are many casualties, but so far no exact numbers are available.

Thick clouds of black smoke can be seen at the site of the crash. Emergency services have been dispatched to the location. The head of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority said the Dana Air flight was heading to Lagos from the capital Abuja.

According to aviation officials, none of the 153 people on board the airplane survived the crash. Local residents have reportedly witnessed bodies burning at the crash site.

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