On October 29, Nigerian airliner with more than 100 people on board crashed. This happened near the airport in the capital city, Abuja. At least seven people are reported to have survived. This is the third plane crash in Nigeria this year.

The Boeing 737 was flying from Lagos to the northwest city of Sokoto, made a stop at Abuja, and crashed shortly after take off. The National Air Space Management Agency said the plane was carrying 104 people.

The crash occurred still within airport grounds, about three kilometers from the end of the runway. There, plane wreckage and scattered belongings were strewn over an area the size of a football field. Nearly everyone on board was killed. But a few were lucky enough to survive.

A plane crash survivor said, "It was stable, actually it was stable, what went wrong I don't know."

Another plane crash survivor said, "I can't recall anything, I just saw my friend outside, who was waiting for me. He told me that we had a plane crash and I said contact my father."

The plane was owned by the Aviation Development Company, which faced another serious plane crash 10 years ago, in Lagos.

In November 1996, a jet belonging to the private airline plunged into a lagoon outside Lagos, killing all 143 on board.