Failure of both engines led to Nigerian plane crash

Abuja, June 5 (ANI): The failure of both engines caused the Nigerian Dana air flight to crash into a building before its scheduled touch down at Lagos Airport, officials have said.

The Telegraph quoted Harold Demuren, the head of the Nigerian civil aviation authority, as saying that the pilot of the Boeing MD-83 had radioed to 'declare Mayday' because 'the two engines had failed'.

Over 150 people died in the crash in a heavily populated area close to the runway of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport.

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan hoped that Sunday's crash would not be repeated.We have been working very hard to improve the aviation in this country," Jonathan said after visiting the crash site, in the suburb of Agege.

The plane was carrying 146 passengers and seven crewmembers during its one-hour flight from Abuja.

Over 90 bodies have been recoveredso far, Oke Osanyintolu, the head of Lagos state's National Emergency Management Agency said. (ANI)