>>> tonight with a still developing story out of lag ors, nigeria , where an american's built jetliner has crashed into an apartment building . all of the roughly 150 people onboard the jet are believed dead. the donna airlines plane was on landing approach when it came down into a densely populated section of the city. tonight rescuers are still trying to account for potential victims on the ground. the plane had earlier left nigeria 's capital for the 70-minute long flight to lagos . we're monitoring developments from johannesburg tonight.
>> reporter: the plane appeared to land on a two-story building in the suburb of lagos , striking a store and apartments.
>> translator: my children were outside playing ball. we asked them to look up because the plane was about to land on top of my head. and the minute it passed, it was going down.
>> reporter: it was late afternoon. many people were in their homes when the passenger jet fell from the sky. thousands poured outside trying to find survivors in the burnt wreckage.
>> the tail fin is clearly sticking up. you can still see the paintings on the part of the side of the wreckage. but then from there, up, basically the cabin of the plane had been destroyed and reduced to rubble.
>> reporter: government officials say that all passengers and crew, around 150 people, are feared dead, with more likely casualties on the ground. nigeria has a poor air safety record. investigators are already trying to find out what caused a cargo plane from lagos to crash in nearby ghana just yesterday killing ten people. now a new investigation into another major air disaster . the cause as yet unknown. well, emergency crews are still searching tonight, still hoping for some survivors. some good news as nigeria enters three days of natural mourning.
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