AMERICAN NEIGHBORS MOURN MOTHER AND HER CHILDREN KILLED IN DANA CRASH

An American family of six were among those who died in the Nigerian plane 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 children were Noah, aged 5 months, one-year-old twins Kaiyen and Kaima and Kamsi, three, the children's godmother, Mari Sifo told local news.

Maimuna Anyene, pictured with three-year-old Kamsi (left) and her twins Kaiyen and Kaima, three, while pregnant with Noah, aged five months when he died

They were on their way to Mrs Anyene's brothers wedding, Sifo said.

As news of their deaths spread round their home town of West Hartford, Connecticut, neighbours gathered at their Park Place Circle house laying flowers and struggling to come to terms with the tragedy, The Hartford Courant reported.

Mrs Anyene was described as an educated, vibrant woman who was always smiling. The family were well known in their neighbourhood.

Touching: The soft toys left outside the house are a poignant reminder of the young lives that were lost

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.

Their older sister Christiana Onita-Olojo said: 'Josephine always made people laugh. Jennifer is sweet. These are angels.'

coiled from daily mail.