Breaking News: Dana Passenger plane crashes in Lagos residential suburb, 147 passengers feared dead

A Dana Airline passenger plane, carrying 147 passengers, has crashed into a residential suburb of Nigeria’s commercial capital of Lagos.

The plane coming from Abuja, crashed into three buildings, one of them a newly built storey building. It burst into flames.

The crash happened at about 3 p.m Nigerian time.

There are no survivors as at the time of this report.

It was also not clear how many victims were hit on the ground.

Firefighters and the police were said to have arrived at the accident scene. A large crowd also gathered at the scene.

Yesterday, a Nigerian cargo plane owned by Allied Air also crashed landed in Accra, Ghana, killing 10 persons in a van.wp_posts

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