LAGOS (Reuters) - A Nigerian airliner with 116 people on board including some senior officials crashed shortly after taking off from Lagos en route to the capital Abuja, the government said on Sunday.
Bellview Airlines flight 210 took off at 8:45 p.m. (1945 GMT) on Saturday night and lost contact with the control tower minutes later during a heavy electrical storm.
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