Saturday, December 10, 2005

Plane crash in Port Harcourt

LAGOS, Nigeria - A Nigerian passenger jet crashed Saturday in the southern city of Port Harcourt, and a radio station said at least 56 people were killed.
The Sosoliso Airlines flight from Abuja was carrying 110 people when it "crash landed and burst into flames," radio station Rhythm FM reported. Fifty-six bodies have been recovered, and seven people were taken to the hospital, the report said.

Sam Adurogboye, spokesman for the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, confirmed that a plane had crashed but said he had no further details.

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