Dana Air plane crash in Lagos with 153 people on board

Posted by Felix Okoli on June 03, 2012 at 13:46:30:

Today was a bad day as there is a breaking report of a tragedy that has befallen the aviation industry. A plane crash belonging to Dana airlines has crashed in a building close to the Murtala Mohammed airport Ikeja. About 153 people were said to be on board .

It was a Domestic flight for a passenger plane which took off from Abuja and was expected to land in Lagos Ikeja but as fate would have it, it headed for a crash and the death toll is expected to rise due to the fact that it crashed in a residential building located in a populated area.

Lagos is the most populated city in Nigeria, the most populous black nation in the world and this accident may have been aided by bad weather and/or faulty engine. The passenger flight list is yet to be published and the number and identity of people who may have died is not yet known.

Some residential buildings were destroyed with the crash. President Jonathan has already declared 3 fays of mourning in honour of the victims
May their souls rest in peace.