More than 150 killed in Nigeria plane crash

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More than 150 killed in Nigeria plane crash

Photos: Site of a plane crash in Lagos, Nigeria, on Sunday, June 3, 2012. Government authorities said all aboard perished.

Onlookers stand on the tail wing of a crashed passenger plane in a neighborhood just north of Murtala Muhammed International Airport, in Lagos, Nigeria, Sunday, June 3, 2012.

The passenger plane carrying more than 150 people crashed in Nigeria's largest city on Sunday, government officials said. Firefighters pulled at least one body from a building that was damaged by the crash and searched for survivors as several charred corpses could be seen in the rubble.

Rescue workers gather at the site of the airline disaster.

A man using his cell phone stands near the wreckage of a crashed passenger plane in a neighborhood just north of Murtala Muhammed International Airport, in Lagos, Nigeria, Sunday, June 3, 2012.

At least one body from a building that was damaged by the crash in Nigeria's largest city.

A still-smoldering landing gear of a crashed passenger plane.

A man looks at the wreckage of a passenger plane that crashed into buildings in a neighborhood just north of Murtala Muhammed International Airport, in Lagos, Nigeria.

A man uses a cell phone to photograph himself in front of the wreckage of a passenger plane that crashed into buildings in a neighborhood just north of Murtala Muhammed International Airport, in Lagos, Nigeria, Sunday, June 3, 2012.

Smoke shrouds the wreckage.

The Lagos state government said in a statement that 153 people were on the Dana Air flight Sunday.

People stand on a wing of the aircraft.

Onlookers stand on the tail wing.

Onlookers stand near a crashed passenger plane in a neighborhood just north of Murtala Muhammed International Airport, in Lagos, Nigeria, Sunday, June 3, 2012.

Onlookers stand on the tail wing.

Firefighters pulled at least one body from a building that was damaged by the crash.

Rescue workers searched for survivors.

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Onlookers stand on the tail wing of a crashed passenger plane in a neighborhood just north of Murtala Muhammed International Airport, in Lagos, Nigeria, Sunday, June 3, 2012.

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