Nigeria: Probe launched into plane crash that killed 117

Investigators searched the still-smouldering wreckage of a jetliner today, seeking flight-data recorders and ultimately the cause of a crash in the Nigerian bush that officials said killed all 117 passengers and crew aboard.

Nigeria announced a three-day, nationwide mourning period for victims of Saturday’s crash of the Bellview Airlines Boeing 737-200, which ploughed a deep crater into the ground near Lissa shortly after take off from Lagos airport, 30 miles to the south.