A cargo plane has crashed while attempting to land at an airport in Ghana's capital, slamming into cars and a bus loaded with passengers on a nearby street and killing at least 10 people, officials said.
The crash on Saturday night happened in Accra near the Kotoka International Airport, which sits near newly built high-rise buildings, hotels and the country's defence ministry.
Al Jazeera's Yvonne Ndege said that witnesses had described the aircraft smashing through the airport perimeter fence before hitting the bus.
At least 10 people were killed in the crash, all in vehicles on the road struck by the plane, said Billy Anaglate, a spokesman for the Ghana Fire Service.
Ambulances took the injured to nearby hospitals.
The Boeing 727-200 was operated by Nigerian cargo airline Allied Air, Doreen Owusu Fianko, managing director of Ghana Airport Company, told reporters.
"The aircraft collided with a mini Mercedes van resulting in 10 confirmed fatalities," she said, adding that all four crew of the aircraft had survived the accident.
The plane had taken off from Lagos, Nigeria, but failed to stop at the end of the runway after it touched down at Accra's Kotoka airport just after 19:00 GMT, she said.
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Source: Al Jazeera
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