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Dana Plane May Not Have Been Modified – Former NCAT Rector
The immediate past Rector of the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology, Zaria, Capt. Adebayo Araba has explained why the Flight Data Recorder,FDR, of the ill-fated Dana plane that crashed last June in Iju-Ishaga, Lagos was burnt, according to the preliminary report released last week by Accident Investigation Bureau, AIB. Related posts: We were forced
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Dana Air Dismisses Accident Report As Baseless
Dana Air today said a report alleging that its ill-fated plane was faulty is baseless. Related posts: Why We Lifted Dana Air’s Suspension – FG Suspension Will Cost Us N50m Daily To – Dana Air Dana Crash Update: FG Suspends Dana Operating License
Dana Crash: NNPC Pays Tributes to Ajuonuma, Others
Related posts: Levi Ajuonuma dead… in ill fated plane NNPC debunks House report on oil subsidy claims Dana Crash Update: FG Suspends Dana Operating License
7 years after crash in Lisa: BELLVIEW WAS BOMBED–Red Cross Chief
Seven years after the crash of Bellview Boeing 737 flight 210 plane at Lisa, Ogun State, in which 117 persons died, it has been revealed that the aircraft was bombed. The Abuja-bound aircraft that took off from the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, on October 22, 2005, crashed few minutes after it was airborne A
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Falana demands identity of VIP who closed airspace
The lawyer claims his Arik Air flight was delayed landing in Abuja for 30 minutes Popular lawyer and human rights activist, Femi Falana, has demanded that the federal government reveal the identity of the VIP whose movement caused a partial closure of the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport, Abuja, last Tuesday. Falana, who was on an Arik
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“Dana Had Been Flying With One Engine Before Now
Testimonies at the Senate hearings on the recent Dana crash point to a cavalier attitude by the airline and wanton letdown by the regulators. A troubled Dana flight, back in 2010, whose two engines failed to come on for several minutes, risked dozens of lives and ultimately roared to Lagos from Abuja after one of
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Aviation authority Suspends Air Nigeria’s Operations
The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) on Tuesday said that it had suspended the operations of Air Nigeria owing to the strike embarked upon by its engineers and pilots over poor welfare package. Sam Adurogboye, the NCAA’s General Manager (Public Relations), confirmed the suspension, while responding to enquiries on the current state and performance of
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I Warned Dana Air Management Before the Crash – Akpabio
Last Sunday’s unfortunate plane crash, which claimed the lives of 153 passengers at Iju-Ishaga, Lagos could have been avoided if the management of Dana Airlines had taken seriously the complaint the Akwa Ibom state government lodged with it about the unserviceable condition of the ill-fated plane, Governor Godswill Akpabio has said. Mr. Akpabio, who spoke
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Suspension Will Cost Us N50m Daily To – Dana Air
Dana Air on Thursday said that it would lose N50 million daily following the grounding of its operation in the aftermath of Sunday’s crash. The airline’s Director of Flight Operations, Capt. Oscar Wilson, gave the figure in Ikeja at a joint press conference by the Dana Group and Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON). It held
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Dana Air Responds to Critics
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) – A Nigerian airline whose airplane crashed in the country’s largest city, killing 153 on board and more on the ground, defended itself Wednesday against growing public criticism, saying its own chief engineer died on the doomed flight. Francis Ogboro, an executive who oversees Dana Air, also told journalists the MD-83 that
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Another Air Crash in Nigeria Averted
Passengers on an AERO flight to Uyo in Akwa Ibom state had a flight scare earlier today as the air jet missed the runway in an attempt to land at the Uyo airport. The flight ran into a terrible rainstorm according to aviation officials. The Chief Pilot of Aero safely landed the plane after a
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Dana’s Insurer, Lloyds of London Agree to Pay Adequate Compensations
Lloyds of London, the group insurer of Dana Airlines, said that it would pay adequate compensations to the families of the victims of last Sunday’s air crash at Iju-Ishaga, a Lagos suburb. The Dana plane crash resulted in the death of 153 passengers on board and six others on ground, while property, running into millions
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List of Commercial Airplanes in Nigeria and Their Ages
Written in this order: Owner, Reg No, Type, Purchase Date and Age. Dana Air Dana Air 5N-DEV McDonnell Douglas MD-83 C12Y128 11-05-2012 20.9 Years Dana Air 5N-JAI McDonnell Douglas MD-83 C12Y128 21-08-2009 21.2 Years Dana Air 5N-SAI McDonnell Douglas MD-83 C12Y128 30-08-2008 21.7 Years Dana Air 5N-SRI McDonnell Douglas MD-83 C12Y128 04-08-2008
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Dana Crash Update: FG Suspends Dana Operating License
The Sunday Air crash of Dana air plane that led to the death of over 153 people has resulted into an indefinite suspension of Dana Airline by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority. Confirming the new development, the spokesperson of NCAA, Sam Adurogboye said that NCAA has indefinitely suspended the operating license of Dana Airline
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Investigate all Aircrafts Now – senate
The senate on Monday declared that Nigeria cannot afford to go back to the “anxiety-prone aviation dark ages.” Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe in reaction to the Dana Plane Crash in Lagos on Sunday said the senate demanded prompt and thorough investigation not limited to the Dana incident alone but the entire operators. “Senate demands nothing but
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