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Sosoliso Airlines Flight 1145 is a scheduled flight between the Nigerian cities of Abuja (ABV) and Port Harcourt (PHC).
On December 10, 2005, Flight 1145 from Abuja crash landed in the southern city of Port Harcourt. The plane, believed to be a McDonnell Douglas DC-9 with 110 people onboard, burst into flames. So far, a Nigerian civil aviation spokesman reported 103 fatalities. 7 people have been injured and taken to the hospital. The cause of the crash is unclear although numerous thunderstorms have been reported in the area.
An eyewitness at the airport said, "The place where I'm standing now is scattered with corpses." According to him, only two people survived.
Among the the passengers were 75 high school students from a Jesuit college near Abuja.[1]
According to the airline's website, Sosolis Airline operates three DC-9's and one MD-81 airplanes.