153 Feared Killed in Nigeria Plane Crash

A Dana Air flight crashed into buildings in a populated area of Lagos, Nigeria's largest city, on Sunday.

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Firefighters work at the scene of the crash of a Dana Airline plane in Lagos

Photo by EMMANUEL AREWA/AFP/GettyImages

A passenger plane crashed into a furniture shop and an apartment building in Lagos, Nigeria’s largest city, Sunday, reports the Associated Press. Although there’s no official death toll, officials say there aren’t likely to be any survivors among the passengers, believed to number around 153, reports the AFP. And that’s without counting any people who may have been killed on the ground, considering the plane crashed in a densely populated part of Lagos, according to Reuters.

The BBC says there are conflicting reports as to whether the Dana Air flight was traveling from Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, to Lagos or vice versa.

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