Nigerian Cargo Plane Crashes In Accra, Ghana Killing 10 (PHOTOS)

A cargo jet has crash into a minibus at the Airport in Accra-Ghana after overshooting the runway, killing at least 10 people.

Rescue team are working at the site of plane crash outside the El Wak Stadium, less than 10 km from the Accra airport in the capital of Ghana. The accident happened around 7.15pm local time in Accra at the Kotoka International Airport, which is situated near some newly built highly raised buildings, hotels and the country’s Defense Ministry.

Witnesses said the Boeing 727 cargo plane first smashed through the fence that runs around the high-rise buildings before hitting a bus.  A badly mangled minibus as usual was beside the plane wreckage, and 10 bodies lay nearby.

The plane belonged to Nigerian cargo airline Allied Air, according to the civil aviation authority. Police and soldiers quickly surrounded the neighborhood where the plane crashed for protection. The area is near to El-Wak Sports Stadium and Hajj Village, where Muslims in the country stay before they journey to Mecca.