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Nigeria: All 153 onboard feared killed as plane crashes into building, says aviation body
NDTV ^ | 6/3/12 | AFP

Posted on 06/03/2012 10:26:10 AM PDT by jimbo123

Lagos: More than 150 passengers are feared dead after their plane crashed in a two-storey building in the densely populated district of Nigeria's economic capital Lagos on Sunday, residents and an aviation official said.

Thick smoke was seen rising from the area, near Lagos airport, and flames could be seen coming from a two-storey building.

Residents said the plane had been coming in low, making a loud noise, when it slammed into the residential area.

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1 posted on 06/03/2012 10:26:19 AM PDT by jimbo123
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2 posted on 06/03/2012 10:29:12 AM PDT by jimbo123
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3 posted on 06/03/2012 10:33:15 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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4 posted on 06/03/2012 10:33:45 AM PDT by jimbo123
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5 posted on 06/03/2012 10:35:42 AM PDT by jimbo123
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Reports are that it crashed into an apartment building, so it’s likely people on the ground were killed also.


6 posted on 06/03/2012 10:36:15 AM PDT by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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7 posted on 06/03/2012 10:50:19 AM PDT by jimbo123
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I have 155 magic asbestos suits for them —they need only wire $100,000 to a Seattle Western Union, and thanking you for your highest discretion in this sensitive matter.


8 posted on 06/03/2012 10:55:48 AM PDT by gaijin
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9 posted on 06/03/2012 11:03:21 AM PDT by jimbo123
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All the gawkers are looking for Hope and Change.


10 posted on 06/03/2012 11:08:30 AM PDT by BerryDingle (I know how to deal with communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
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Appears from this pic that the spoilers on the horizontal stabilizer were open. Why would that be the case while in flight?


11 posted on 06/03/2012 11:11:57 AM PDT by pabianice
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Not funny.


12 posted on 06/03/2012 11:13:22 AM PDT by dfwgator
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allah is my co-pilot

am I the first to suspect the hand of the religon of peace here?

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13 posted on 06/03/2012 11:32:56 AM PDT by Elle Bee
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No, you’re not.


14 posted on 06/03/2012 11:34:46 AM PDT by Library Lady
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KAI TAK ,, this is how it's done ...
15 posted on 06/03/2012 12:35:08 PM PDT by Neidermeyer
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Tail reminds me of a md-1011.


16 posted on 06/03/2012 5:45:54 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I can neither confirm or deny that; even if I could, I couldn't - it's classified.)
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