NIGERIA 147 AIRCRAFT FALL DEAD DANA AIR

There are no survivors among the 147 people who were in a domestic passenger plane that crashed in the city of Lagos, Nigeria, on Sunday said an official of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), told Reuters.  The plane, operated by private airline Air Fund, was on a flight from Abuja, the capital of Nigeria, when fall hit a two-storey building in poor areas in Lagos, officials and witnesses said. Thousands of people thronged around the location of the wreckage of black smoke on the outskirts of Agege, Lagos. Witnesses said they saw the plane hit a building and burst into flames. Some people are stunned, while others took pictures with their camera phones at the crash site, in a region where the tin-roofed houses lined the road looks muddy.

Water Fund officials and civil aviation authorities have not provided a statement regarding the accident or the victim. Air accidents are common in Nigeria, a country with the second largest economy in Africa which has a poor record on aviation security. President of Nigeria Goodluck Jonathan announced three days of national mourning after a plane crash on Sunday. Jonathan "declared three days of national mourning for all those who died in a plane crash in Lagos Air Fund today," his office said in a statement. "President Jonathan, the government has canceled all events scheduled to take place tomorrow, also ordered the flying of flags at half mast Nigeria for a three-day mourning period," the statement said. "The president has also ordered a thorough investigation of the accident," he added.Urungkan pengeditan