Dramatic moment plane nosedives and explodes on busy road during emergency landing

This is the dramatic moment a plane performing a test flight crashes into a road in Lagos, Nigeria.

The video shows the plane flying over the bustling Oba Akran area of the capital of Lagos when it comes crashing to the ground and explodes into a ball of fire.

The plane nosedives towards the road, smashing into a post before crashing into the ground and sliding along the road into a gas station, sending pedestrians fleeing for safety.

The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau said two people – the pilot and a passenger onboard – survived the crash.

Footage shows the pilot clambering from the wreckage and walking away while wounded.

The two people on board the plane were taken to hospital following the incident.