Nigeria Plane Crash: Dana Airline Defends Itself

Francis Ogboro, an executive who oversees Dana Air speaks to journalist at a press conference in Lagos, Nigeria, Wednesday, June 6, 2012. A Nigerian airline whose airplane crashed in the country’s largest city, killing 153 on board and more on the ground, defended itself Wednesday against growing public criticism, saying its own chief engineer died on the doomed flight. Ogboro said. “No airline crew would go on a suicide mission.”

Chinese businessmen wait to identified bodies at the Lagos state university teaching hospital in Lagos, Nigeria, Tuesday, June 5, 2012.

The wreckage of plane crash lays at the site in Lagos, Nigeria, Wednesday, June 6, 2012.

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