Nigerian President Weeps Over Deadly Plane Crash
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Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan wipes a tear after he arrived to inspect the site of a plane crash at Iju-Ishaga neighborhood in Lagos Monday. The president declared three days of national mourning and ordered an investigation into the cause of Sunday’s accident, in which a McDonnell Douglas MD-83 flown by privately owned domestic carrier Dana Air crashed into the iron roof of an apartment block in the Lagos residential suburb of Agege. The crash killed all 153 people on board, and rescue officials fear many more may have died on the ground of the residential area. As of Monday afternoon, a Nigeria Red Cross report said 48 bodies have been recovered, with more being dug out from the rubble.
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