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Minister of Aviation Summoned to Lagos Hearing on Dana Air crash
The Lagos State coroner is summoning Minister of Aviation, Princess Stella Oduah and a pathologist, Professor Adekunbi Banjo to give testimony in the inquest into the June 3 2012 Dana plane crash. The minister is summoned to appear to observe the coroner in action. Banjois a consultant with the Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB). 170... »
100 Dana ground victims demand compensation
More than 100 ground victims are currently demanding compensation for property damage from the Dana plane crash last June. Claims running into billions of naira. At one point, they were told that the Lagos government planned to take the land to build a memorial to the crash victims. Owners have to provide valid certificates... »
Bird strike Leads to Emergency Landing at Lagos Airport
On March 28, 2013, a Royal Air Maroc Boeing 737-800 en route from Lagos to Casablanca spent ten minutes in the air after a bird strike on takeoff. 126 were aboard when ten minutes into the flight, there was a bird strike that disabled an engine. The plane circled for about forty minutes to... »
Dana Air Suspended-Unsuspended
March 16, 2013, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority announced Dana Air’s temporary suspension again. Dana Air had been suspended last June after the MD-83 crash. In January flights were restored. After a March 16 flight in Abuja had safety issues, leading to a recently grounded flight, Dana Air was again (briefly) suspended. »
Med View Emergency Landing, Lagos
On January 27, 2013, a Med View flight was en route from Lagos to Abuja when it developed sudden problems in one engine. Passengers panicked when they heard a boom at 12:30, and the plane began to fly unsteadily. 73 passengers were aboard the twelve o’clock flight that had started fifteen minutes late at... »
Two not Fatalities of Nigerian Helicopter Crash
A Nigerian Navy Agusta A109E on Ogbia Creek, Bayelsa Nigeria on Dec 15, 2012, 1500 hrs. The Nigerian Navy helicopter crashed in Bayelsa Nigeria that crashed Saturday killed a six including Patrick Yakowa, General Andrew Azazi, governor’s aide, Dauda Tsoho and Warrant Officer Mohammed Kamal who is Azazi’s aide as well as the pilots,... »
Nigerian Officials Die in Helicopter Crash
What: Nigerian Navy Agusta A109E Where: Ogbia Creek, Bayelsa Nigeria When: Dec 15, 2012, 1500 hrs Who: 6 aboard, 6 fatalities Why: A Nigerian Navy helicopter crashed in Bayelsa Nigeria. Among the fatalities is the governor of Kaduna, Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa. Several politicians had traveled to Bayelsa for the funeral of the father of... »
Stowaway Found in Arik Air Wheel Well
What: Arik Air Airbus A340-542 en route from London to Lagos Where: Lagos Murtala Muhammed International Airport When: Oct 26, 2012 Who: 1 fatality Why: The body of a man was discovered in the wheel well of an Arik Air Airbus after a flight from London to Lagos. The body had no identification. There... »
Emergency Landing in Lagos
What: Aero Contractors flight en route from Lagos to Abuja Where: Lagos Nigeria When: Oct 16, 2012 8 pm Who: not released Why: After take-off, one of the engines quit. The pilot was in the air less than twelve minutes, and returned to Lagos to make a asafe landing at the airport. The problem... »
Fokker Flight Delay after Runway Fender Bender
What: IRS Fokker 110 en route from Lagos to Abuja Where: Lagos When: Oct 10, 2012 Who: 91 passengers Why: The right wing tip of a taxiing Fokker struck a glancing blow to a sewage tanker truck, damaging the plane’s wing. The truck is being extracted from the drainage ditch where it was stuck.... »
