At least 100 persons are feared killed when the plane on which they were aboard crashed into a densely populated area in Lagos of Nigeria. The officials sources have said that there were 147 people on board and over 100 were feared dead. However, there’s no official confirmation on the casualties. The domestic carrier Dhana Air took off from the capital city Abuja. The plane caught fire and burst when it had hit a building.

The people were reported to have run out of that place the moment explosion took place. The sources have said that the explosion was loud and it rocked the entire place. Meanwhile, a large number of people reportedly gathered around the crash site leaving no access to the injured.

The sources have said that airplane accidents often hit headlines in Nigeria due to unsatisfactory airline safety.     (Phani)