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103 killed as Nigerian plane crashes

A plane operated by the private Nigerian carrier Sosoliso was on fire, a security consultant with colleagues at the airport said.

DNA Web Team

Updated : Sep 25, 2015, 12:31 PM IST

Updated at 11.32 pm

LAGOS: A Nigerian jet airliner has had an accident at an airport in the southern Nigerian oil city of Port Harcourt, aviation and security officials said on Saturday.

A radio report said 56 people had been killed. Other reports said only seven of the 110 people on board survived.

Seventy-five secondary school students were on board the plane.

The Sosoliso Airlines flight bound for Abuja crashlanded and burst into flames, killing all but four people on board, the radio station Rhythm FM reported.

Silverbird TV said there were 110 people on board, and that 56 bodies have been recovered.

A plane operated by the private Nigerian carrier Sosoliso was on fire, a security consultant with colleagues at the airport said.

Officials with a second Nigerian airline confirmed that there had been an accident but could give no details.

The Nigerian private television station Channels reported that there had been an accident but gave no details of casualties, while the local police chief said he was on the way to the airport to investigate the report.

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