Breaking news: Plane in Lagos, 153 passengers dead

Another plane crash has been recorded in Iju Area of Lagos. Dana airline carrying 153 passenger Abuja to Lagos crash this afternoon. We need to start praying, this is the 3rd accident in Nigeria in the last 5 days.

A state official says a passenger plane has crashed into a two-story building in Nigeria's largest city of Lagos.

Femi Oke-Osanyinpolu, Lagos state emergency state manager, said Sunday that casualty numbers are unknown.

Harold Denuren, head of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, confirmed the crash.
He said the Dana Air flight was heading from Lagos to Abuja in Nigeria. He said federal authorities were on their way to the site of the crash.

Relatives of the Ill-fated Lagos-bound Dana Air checking the manifest with journalists at the Dana Airport Office, Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.