"Is there any way of getting confirmation about news I'm just getting that the Dana plane was distressed for a while but could not make an emergency landing because the airspace was closed for 2 hours for the Presidential Jet carrying Dame Patience Goodluck Jonathan.
Private jet owners who had to hover in the air same time leaked this. This was apparently the reason local news didn't report the crash for so long till CNN and foreign news stations started reporting it.
Local news was 'blacked out' trying to kill the story of the airspace being closed while a distressed plane couldn't land.
It would be shocking if so. Though there was engine failure there was still time for the plane to have landed apparently.
You do know anyway that the airspace is closed for up to 2hours each time the Presidential Jet needs to go into the air? 2 hours for a 15minute take off or landing!
And this jet is used by President, VP, President's wife and if I recall David Mark.
It's almost a daily occurrence I've been told by airline staff when it caught me out on a trip
The truth remains that the President's wife was actually in Lagos to attend the christening of their personal assistant's child at the Oriental hotel.. Lekki. Anyone living on the Lekki axis saw first hand the horrendous traffic caused by the president's wife's visit..and confirmed reports from airport staff who volunteered information, collaborated this fact, that the Lagos airport was actually shut for 2 hours, about the same time the ill fated Dana Plane crashed. This also strongly explains the reason why Aero contractor airplane could not depart Abuja for Lagos at 3:40pm because of the closure of the Lagos airport. This is criminal and one can only imagine the deep sorrow ad-in-finitum (without limit) that the families of these unfortunate Nigerians and other nationals are currently plagued into. Grief that is so thick in the air, that one can cut through with a knife...rooted soul searching. Yes we have to and yes we can; beginning from our immediate homes and While we pray for the repose of the souls of the departed, we need as a nation to thoroughly do some deep ommunities.. with time this will snowball into our National consciousness. For how long are we going to sacrifice the lives of our dear brothers and sisters and by extension mortgage the future of their/our children, just for the comfort of our leaders? For a 15 minutes ritual of plane take-off, an airport was shut for 2 hours because our "DEAR FIRST LADY" was scheduled to return to Abuja.. OH merciful God, help Nigeria in Distress!''
NIgerians need to know what happened?who closed the airstrip for two hours on sunday june 3,2012???
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Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Monday, June 4, 2012
Black Sunday: Families of the 153 passengers react to the manifest
The local wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos was not like every other day yesterday when members of the deceased families of the ill-fated Dana air plane which crashed in Lagos killing all 153 passengers on board arrived at the airport amid tears to confirm the death of their loved ones.
While waiting for Dana air to announce the manifest of those who boarded the plane, some angry family members and sympathisers had began threaten Dana airline officials for failing to announce the manifest on time. When the manifest was read, families cried uncontrollably as the security officials attempted to hold them back from venting their anger on Dana air officials or doing something strange to themselves.
Speaking to news men at the Airport, Professor Peter Okebukola, immediate past Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission, NUC, who may have. Died in the plane if he had travelled as earlier scheduled confirmed the death of four staff of the commission who were on board.
Okebukolar who obviously could not control his emotion referred to incident as a national disaster.
According to him, “the plane that crashed was supposed to take me to Abuja before we heard the sad news. I am deeply sad. This is a national disaster. As I speak to you now I can confirm to you that NUC lost four staff in the plane crash. The names are Mr Mamud Dokawa, Architect Chinwe Obi, Mrs Shuaibu and professor Nwoleri, past Vice Chancellor University of Technology, FUTO, Owerri and the leader of the NUC team.
Meanwhile, Special Adviser, Technical to Minister of Aviation, Mr. Victor Oche Elias, disclosed that the pilot declared 11 nautical miles to landing while declaring to the aviation authority the emergency situation. It was further disclosed that he was given priority, but the plane could not make it, as it crashed 4 nautical miles to landing.
It has been gathered that the Ill-fated Dana Air, MC Donnell Douglas MD 83 was faulty even before it was sold to Dana Airline in 2009 by a US-based Alaska Airlines.
Meanwhile, it has been confirmed by the Aviation authority that the original owners of the plane has had several diversions as a result of mechanical or technical faults on different occasions before it was sold to Dana Airline.
In related news, official of Dana Air were advised earlier that the plane shouldn’t fly due to some faults noticed in it, but the Indian officials insisted it must fly. German officials had expressed surprise how the plane even made it to Lagos before crashing due to its write-off state.
Dana Air plane conveying passengers from Abuja to Lagos yesterday crashed into buildings around Iju- Agege area of Lagos state, killing all 153 passengers on board.
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While waiting for Dana air to announce the manifest of those who boarded the plane, some angry family members and sympathisers had began threaten Dana airline officials for failing to announce the manifest on time. When the manifest was read, families cried uncontrollably as the security officials attempted to hold them back from venting their anger on Dana air officials or doing something strange to themselves.
Speaking to news men at the Airport, Professor Peter Okebukola, immediate past Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission, NUC, who may have. Died in the plane if he had travelled as earlier scheduled confirmed the death of four staff of the commission who were on board.
Okebukolar who obviously could not control his emotion referred to incident as a national disaster.
According to him, “the plane that crashed was supposed to take me to Abuja before we heard the sad news. I am deeply sad. This is a national disaster. As I speak to you now I can confirm to you that NUC lost four staff in the plane crash. The names are Mr Mamud Dokawa, Architect Chinwe Obi, Mrs Shuaibu and professor Nwoleri, past Vice Chancellor University of Technology, FUTO, Owerri and the leader of the NUC team.
Meanwhile, Special Adviser, Technical to Minister of Aviation, Mr. Victor Oche Elias, disclosed that the pilot declared 11 nautical miles to landing while declaring to the aviation authority the emergency situation. It was further disclosed that he was given priority, but the plane could not make it, as it crashed 4 nautical miles to landing.
It has been gathered that the Ill-fated Dana Air, MC Donnell Douglas MD 83 was faulty even before it was sold to Dana Airline in 2009 by a US-based Alaska Airlines.
Meanwhile, it has been confirmed by the Aviation authority that the original owners of the plane has had several diversions as a result of mechanical or technical faults on different occasions before it was sold to Dana Airline.
In related news, official of Dana Air were advised earlier that the plane shouldn’t fly due to some faults noticed in it, but the Indian officials insisted it must fly. German officials had expressed surprise how the plane even made it to Lagos before crashing due to its write-off state.
Dana Air plane conveying passengers from Abuja to Lagos yesterday crashed into buildings around Iju- Agege area of Lagos state, killing all 153 passengers on board.
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