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126 killed in Nigeria plane crash

Kano, Nigeria, May 4. At least 50 charred bodies have been recovered from buildings hit by an airliner in the Nigerian city of Kano today, a Government spokesman said. Seventy-six other people on board the plane died when it crashed.

"I saw more than 50 bodies at the hospital," Ibrahim Ado Gwagwarwa, spokesman for the Kano state governor, said after visiting the city's main hospital.

"Rescue workers are still recovering more bodies from the debris. This is a calamity," he added.

The airliner, bound for the commercial capital Lagos, crashed as it took off from Kano's airport, ploughing into shacks and a mosque and starting a number of fires, officials said. There has been no comment from the operator, EAS Airlines.

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