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Another airplane of the Bellview Airlines. (Photo: Xinhua/AFP)

    Beijing Oct. 23 (Xinhuanet) -- A Nigerian airliner with 116 people aboard crashed after take off from Lagos and there were no signs of survivors, the Nigerian Red Cross said on Sunday.

    The plane crashed near Lissa, about 30 kms (20 miles) north of Lagos, shortly after leaving for the Nigerian capital of Abuja on Saturday night.

    "The plane is still burning. I can't confirm if there are any survivors, but there is no trace so far," Red Cross General Secretary Abiodun Orebiyi told Reuters by telephone.

    Bellview Airlines flight 210 left at 8:45 p.m. (8:45 p.m. British time) and lost contact minutes later during a heavy electrical storm. It was carrying 110 passengers and six crew, authorities said.

    The pilot made a distress call after take-off, indicating the plane had a technical problem, a source at the presidency told Reuters.

    The Boeing 737-200 was believed to be carrying some senior Nigerian officials as well as a U.S. consular official and some European passengers.

    (Reuters)