Three days of mourning have begun in Nigeria for more than 150 people killed when their plane crashed in the main city of Lagos.
The McDonnell Douglas MD-83 ploughed into a printing works and residential buildings before bursting into flames.
Rescue workers, who worked through the night, are still searching for bodies.
Everyone on board the aircraft died. There were also casualties on the ground, but it is not yet known how many people were killed.
The airliner, operated by Lagos-based company Dana Air, had flown in from the capital, Abuja, when it crashed and burst into flames on Sunday.
The plane came down in the Iju area, just north of the airport.
Aviation Minister Stella Oduah said that the pilot contacted the Lagos control tower to declare an emergency at 15:43 GMT, 11 nautical miles away from the runway.
"A minute later, the aircraft disappeared from the air traffic control radar," Ms Oduah told reporters at a briefing at the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority headquarters in Lagos.
"Our hearts and prayers go out to the families of the passengers and the people on the ground who lost their lives in this tragedy," the minister said.
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Source: BBC News
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