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Not the brightest bulbs...Airliner crashes, 153 dead. Jungle bunnies climb on burning wreckage...stealing.



 
 
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Old June 4th, 2012, 08:22 AM posted to alt.politics.obama,misc.survivalism,rec.crafts.metalworking,rec.travel.air,alt.disasters.aviation
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A commercial airliner crashed into a densely populated
neighbourhood in Nigeria’s largest city on Sunday, killing all
153 people on board and others on the ground in the worst air
disaster in nearly two decades for the troubled nation.

The cause of the Dana Air crash remained unknown Sunday night,
as firefighters and police struggled to put out the flames
around the wreckage of the Boeing MD83 aircraft. Authorities
could not control the crowd of thousands gathered around to see
the crash site, with some crawling over the plane’s broken wings
and standing on a still-smouldering landing gear.

The flight’s pilots radioed to the Lagos control tower just
before the crash, saying the plane had engine trouble, a
military official said. The official spoke on condition of
anonymity as he was not authorized to speak to journalists.

Rescue officials feared many others were killed or injured on
the ground, but no casualty figures were immediately available.
Firefighters and local residents were seen carrying the corpse
of a man from one building, its walls still crumbling and flames
shooting from its roof more than an hour after the crash.

President Goodluck Jonathan later declared three days of
national mourning in Africa’s most populous nation.

Mr. Jonathan “prays that God Almighty will grant the families of
the victims of the plane crash the courage and fortitude to bear
their irreparable loss,” a statement from his office read.

The aircraft appeared to have landed on its belly into the dense
neighbourhood that sits along the typical approach path taken by
aircraft heading into Lagos’ Murtala Muhammed International
Airport. The plane tore through roofs, sheared a mango tree and
rammed into a woodworking studio, a printing press and at least
two large apartment buildings in the neighbourhood before
stopping.

A white, noxious cloud rose from the crash site that burned
onlookers’ eyes, as pieces of the plane lay scattered around the
muddy ground.

While local residents helped carry fire hoses to the crash site,
the major challenges of life in oil-rich Nigeria quickly became
apparent as there wasn’t any water to put out the flames more
than three hours later. Some young men carried plastic buckets
of water to the fire, trying to douse small portions. Fire
trucks, from the very few that are stationed in Lagos state with
a population of 17.5 million, couldn’t carry enough water.
Officials commandeered water trucks from nearby construction
sites, but they became stuck on the narrow, crowded roads,
unable to reach the crash site.

The dead included at least four Chinese citizens, the official
Chinese news agency Xinhua reported late Sunday, citing Chinese
diplomats in Nigeria. Officials at the Chinese embassy in
Nigeria could not be reached for comment by the AP.

Sunday’s crash appeared to be the worst since September 1992,
when a military transport plane crashed into a swamp shortly
after takeoff from Lagos. All 163 army soldiers, relatives and
crew members on board were killed.

http://www.thehindu.com/news/interna...cle3489163.ece




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Old June 5th, 2012, 05:53 AM posted to alt.politics.obama,misc.survivalism,rec.crafts.metalworking,rec.travel.air,alt.disasters.aviation
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A commercial airliner crashed into a densely populated
neighbourhood in Nigeria's largest city on Sunday, killing all
153 people on board and others on the ground in the worst air
disaster in nearly two decades for the troubled nation.

The cause of the Dana Air crash remained unknown Sunday night,
as firefighters and police struggled to put out the flames
around the wreckage of the Boeing MD83 aircraft. Authorities
could not control the crowd of thousands gathered around to see
the crash site, with some crawling over the plane's broken wings
and standing on a still-smouldering landing gear.

The flight's pilots radioed to the Lagos control tower just
before the crash, saying the plane had engine trouble, a
military official said. The official spoke on condition of
anonymity as he was not authorized to speak to journalists.

Rescue officials feared many others were killed or injured on
the ground, but no casualty figures were immediately available.
Firefighters and local residents were seen carrying the corpse
of a man from one building, its walls still crumbling and flames
shooting from its roof more than an hour after the crash.

President Goodluck Jonathan later declared three days of
national mourning in Africa's most populous nation.

Mr. Jonathan "prays that God Almighty will grant the families of
the victims of the plane crash the courage and fortitude to bear
their irreparable loss," a statement from his office read.

The aircraft appeared to have landed on its belly into the dense
neighbourhood that sits along the typical approach path taken by
aircraft heading into Lagos' Murtala Muhammed International
Airport. The plane tore through roofs, sheared a mango tree and
rammed into a woodworking studio, a printing press and at least
two large apartment buildings in the neighbourhood before
stopping.

A white, noxious cloud rose from the crash site that burned
onlookers' eyes, as pieces of the plane lay scattered around the
muddy ground.

While local residents helped carry fire hoses to the crash site,
the major challenges of life in oil-rich Nigeria quickly became
apparent as there wasn't any water to put out the flames more
than three hours later. Some young men carried plastic buckets
of water to the fire, trying to douse small portions. Fire
trucks, from the very few that are stationed in Lagos state with
a population of 17.5 million, couldn't carry enough water.
Officials commandeered water trucks from nearby construction
sites, but they became stuck on the narrow, crowded roads,
unable to reach the crash site.

The dead included at least four Chinese citizens, the official
Chinese news agency Xinhua reported late Sunday, citing Chinese
diplomats in Nigeria. Officials at the Chinese embassy in
Nigeria could not be reached for comment by the AP.

Sunday's crash appeared to be the worst since September 1992,
when a military transport plane crashed into a swamp shortly
after takeoff from Lagos. All 163 army soldiers, relatives and
crew members on board were killed.

http://www.thehindu.com/news/interna...cle3489163.ece




 




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