Lagos Airplane Crash

Emergency workers in Nigeria fought fires and searched for corpses through the night in a neighborhood that an aging American-built airliner plowed into, killing all 153 on board. Rescue officials said Monday they fear many people may have perished on the ground too.

Rijo Eldos, a young computer engineer hailing from the Neriamangalam in Idukki district of Kerala, was one of the 153 victims who were on the Nigerian airplane that crashed on Sunday in the densely populated city of Lagos.

A look at recent major airline crashes in Nigeria: June 3: A Dana Air flight from Abuja to Lagos crashes killing all 153 people on board and an unknown number of people on the ground. Investigators have begun looking into the cause.

A commercial airliner crashed into a densely populated neighborhood in Nigeria's largest city, killing all 153 people on board and others on the ground in the worst air disaster in nearly two decades for the troubled nation.

Emergency workers in Nigeria fought fires and searched for corpses through the night in a neighborhood that an aging American-built airliner plowed into, killing all 153 on board. Rescue officials said Monday they fear many people may have perished on the ground too.

Rijo Eldos, a young computer engineer hailing from the Neriamangalam in Idukki district of Kerala, was one of the 153 victims who were on the Nigerian airplane that crashed on Sunday in the densely populated city of Lagos.

A look at recent major airline crashes in Nigeria: June 3: A Dana Air flight from Abuja to Lagos crashes killing all 153 people on board and an unknown number of people on the ground. Investigators have begun looking into the cause.

A commercial airliner crashed into a densely populated neighborhood in Nigeria's largest city, killing all 153 people on board and others on the ground in the worst air disaster in nearly two decades for the troubled nation.