Two sisters from the U.S. and an American woman with her four children are among those who died in the Dana Airplane crash which claimed 153 lives.
Maimuna Anyene from West Hartford, Connecticut was with her Nigerian husband Onyeke and their four young children when the plane came down in the country's capital Lagos on Sunday.
The family were on their way to Mrs Anyene's brothers wedding, the children's godmother Mari Sifo told The Hartford Courant
Mr and Mrs Anyene were flying with five-month-old Noah, one-year-old twins Kaiyen and Kaima and three-year-old Kamsi.
The crash also claimed the lives of Josephine and Jennifer Onita from Missouri City, Texas. The sisters who were also on their way to Lagos for a wedding.
They were the daughter's of Solomon and Lola Onita, pastors of a Missouri City congregation of the Nigerian-based Redeemed Christian Church of God, The Houston Chronicle reports.
Their older sister Christiana Onita-Olojo said: 'Josephine always made people laugh. Jennifer is sweet. These are angels.'
Jennifer, 28, was a electrical engineering graduate and Josephine, 23, was an accountancy manager for the family business.
Dana, which began operating in 2008, issued a statement following the crash specifying that the plane was carrying 146 passengers and seven crew.
The airline's website said today that all flights had been suspended.
Dana Air have also announced the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority is leading the crash investigation with help from the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board.
Harold Demuren, the director-general of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, said today the pilot of the downed aircraft was an American and the co-pilot was Indian.
Chinese officials have said six of its nationals were on the plane and France said that one of its nationals, a woman, was on the flight
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