Nigeria mourns worst plane tragedy

Tuesday, June 05, 2012
A Google Map with Lagos in its centre
Lagos: Nigeria has begun three days of mourning for the victims of the plane that crashed in Lagos Sunday, killing all 153 people on board.

The wreckage of the commercial airliner continued to smolder early Monday

The officials are left with the fact finding or the reason behind the the mishap.

Officials with Nigeria's Civil Aviation Authority say the Dana Airlines flight was traveling from Abuja to Lagos when it crashed into a two-story building in a densely populated area, setting other buildings on fire.

The number of people possibly killed on the ground remains unclear. 
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