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/ 27 October 2005

Nigeria mourns air crash dead as inquiry begins

Grieving relatives and solemn dignitaries gathered to mourn on Thursday at the site where a Nigerian airliner plunged to earth and killed all 177 people on board, as United States aviation experts arrived in to help investigate the crash. Nigerian agencies have yet to advance any theory as to why Bellview Airlines flight 210 lost contact with air traffic control three minutes after taking off Lagos’ Ikeja airport