WP/AP: Report: 56 Die in Nigerian Plane Crash

Report: 56 Die in Nigerian Plane Crash
By DANIEL BALINT-KURTI
The Associated Press
Saturday, December 10, 2005; 11:16 AM


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.

"Yes, there was a crash," he told The Associated Press. "We are trying to establish contact with Port Harcourt."

A Nigerian television station displayed a brief text saying: "an aircraft belonging to Sosoliso Airlines has crashed in Port Harcourt _ details later."...


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