The search for bodies after a plane crash in Nigeria that killed more than 150 aboard the aircraft and others on the ground has ended, officials said.
Yushau Shuaib, a spokesman for Nigeria's National Emergency Management Agency, said searchers have recovered 153 bodies from the crash site in Lagos.
The spokesman said officials are taking a survey to determine how many people were near the site of the crash when the plane went down.
AP
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