(6 Jun 2012) Relatives of people killed in a plane crash in Nigeria gathered at a morgue in Lagos on Tuesday, in the hope of claiming the remains of their loved ones.
The Dana Air-operated MD-83 aircraft went down in Lagos' Iju-Ishaga neighbourhood, about nine kilometres (5.6 miles) from Lagos' Murtala Muhammed International Airport, killing 153 aboard the plane and others on the ground.
As family members softly wept and held each other, Nigeria's government announced on Tuesday it had indefinitely suspended the licence of the air carrier.
Emergency workers fear a number of on-the-ground deaths from Sunday's crash that saw the aircraft slam into two apartment buildings, a printing press and a woodworking shop.
By midday on Tuesday, searchers had recovered 150 bodies, according to Nigeria's National Emergency Management Agency.
Emergency workers were still looking through the debris for bodies, and one damaged building seemed on the verge of collapse.
Fearful family members arrived at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, where authorities had placed the 43 identifiable bodies so far collected from the crash.
Federal and state authorities have discussed using DNA testing to identify other bodies, though that likely would require massive assistance from laboratories outside of the country.
Officials with Dana Air could not be immediately reached for comment.
A statement posted to the company's website described the airline as "professionally managed," saying the flight's captain had logged 18,500 flight hours, with 7,100 hours on an MD-83.
Those killed in the crash included at least four Chinese citizens, two Lebanese nationals and one French citizen, officials have said.
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