Nigerian plane with 100 on board crashes in Abuja

ABUJA, Oct 29 (Reuters) A Nigerian passenger aircraft with more than 100 people on board crashed today shortly after takeoff from the capital Abuja, media and emergency sources said.

The plane, operated by the Nigerian airline ADC, burst into flames and casualties were expected, a security source said. It was en route from the capital to the northern city of Sokoto.

The local radio station Ray Power FM called on doctors to rush to the scene.

''It crash-landed after takeoff. It was an ADC aircraft from Abuja to Sokoto with over 100 people on board,'' a source in the National Emergency Management Agency said, asking not to be named.

ADC is a popular domestic passenger airline.

It was the third major air crash in Nigeria in just over one year.

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