This article was last updated on April 16, 2022
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A commercial jet McDonnell Douglas MD-80 owned by a private carrier Dana Air crashed into a densely populated commercial hub on Sunday at 2:44 p.m. (1344 GMT). It is located in the neighborhood of Lagos which is the largest city of Nigeria.
Air crashes are common in Nigeria which is the Africa’s second biggest economy and has had a pitiable airliner protection record.
All the 153 passengers and the crew were dead on the board and many others were also died and injured on the ground due to the worst air disaster. The exact figures for these victims were unknown immediately, said the rescue officials.
According to the passengers list released by Dana Air, the spokesperson for the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, Levi Ajuonuma was also one of the victims. In fact, Ajuonuma was also a spokesperson for the oil minister of Africa’s largest crude oil in OPEC member Nigeria.
The airline said, the jet was coming in to land from Abuja and after the crash it headed towards Lagos’ Murtala Muhammed International Airport. The airplane burst into flames and the pieces of this jet were scattered on a mud-covered ground tearing through the tin-roofed buildings, cutting off a mango tree and smashing into a printing press and a woodworking studio before stopping. The bases were still not known that caused the airplane to crash and the airline said they were still inspecting the cause.
Local residents and firefighters were carrying the dead bodies from the building and walls of the buildings were still crumbling more than an hour after the crash.
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