Nigerian air crash kills 120
More than 120 people were killed when an airliner crashed into buildings in the Nigerian city of Kano.
At least 50 charred bodies have been recovered from buildings hit by the plane.
A government spokesman said 76 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.
The airliner, bound for the commercial capital, Lagos, crashed into a densely populated area as it took off from Kano's airport.
The ageing BAC 1-11-500 ploughed into shacks and a mosque and started a number of fires, officials said.
There has been no comment from the operator, EAS Airlines.
The last major Nigerian air disaster was in November, 1996, when a Nigerian Boeing 727 flying from Port Harcourt to Lagos crashed, killing all 142 passengers and nine crew members.
Nigeria deregulated its airline industry in the mid-1980s and many companies sprang up to challenge the monopoly of state carrier Nigeria Airways.
Concerns have been raised about the use of older aircraft by around a dozen Nigerian domestic carriers.
