A McDonnell Douglas MD-83 passenger plane operated by Dana Air was destroyed when it crashed into a residential area of Lagos, Nigeria. There were no survivors.
The Lagos state government said in a statement that 153 people were on the flight.
A spokesman for the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) of Nigeria said there were likely more casualties on the ground.
The airplane had taken off from Abuja (ABV) on a domestic flight to Lagos (LOS), probably flight number 9J-992.
On approach to Lagos it clipped a power line and crashed into a two-story building in the Iju area of Lagos. The Iju neighbourhood is located north of the airport on the runway 18L extended centreline (for landing). The accident is said to have occurred near Toyin Street, which is located some 1500-2000m to the left of the runway 18L threshold.
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