All killed in Nigeria plane crash

[babylonsister]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4368516.stm

All killed in Nigeria plane crash
Rescue workers carry the remains of a victim of a plane crash in Nigeria
It is not yet known what caused the plane to crash soon after takeoff
All 117 passengers and crew of a commercial airliner which crashed on an internal flight in Nigeria on Saturday were killed, the government has said.

There had initially been conflicting reports about whether anyone survived.

But officials at the scene said no-one could have survived the plane's impact, the cause of which remains unknown.

Senior officials, including an MP and a general, were said to be on the flight. The government has declared three days of national mourning from Monday.

President Olusegun Obasanjo urged all Nigerians to pray for the victims and their families.

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[smirkymonkey]

1. Wait, at first they said half of them survived.

sounds kind of fishy.

[malaise]

4. There was much confusion

BBC TV had film of the crash site. The aircraft was in little pieces. Apparently really bad weather caued the crash. Very sad.

[bigworld]

2. BBC news site down?

Is it me, or are there problems accessing the current BBC news page at http://news.bbc.co.uk/ ? The last update is more than 24 hours old -- quite unlike BBC.

[babylonsister]

3. I just hit your link and got on, current news.

Edit to add: current, I think. I don't know the time differences.
Last Updated: Sunday, 23 October 2005, 22:16 GMT 23:16 UK