On Feb 8, 2013, an Overland Airways ATR-72 flight OJ1175 from Abuja to Ibadan, Nigeria, suffered engine issues with smoke pouring from one engine. Passengers saw the smoke which started a panic, and they evacuated through the emergency exit.
There were no injuries reported.
The passengers remained in Abuja awaiting a replacement plane.
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) is investigating.
This picture displays why the passengers were panicked. Words alone don’t do it justice, do they?
Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net
Contact photographer Peter Tonna
On August 9, 2012 at Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, two months after the June 3, 2012 crash, after that all possible DNA testing was complete (only 52 of 149 bodies identified, the rest burnt beyond testability,) the Lagos Government announced that it would release bodies of Dana crash victims to the next of kin.
Families were requested to contact the Funeral Director’s office on 01-8542254 at the teaching hospital 24 hours before they come to claim the bodies.
One family trying to claim their loved one, Mr. George Moses, found he is missing. He was #22 on the list of 29 identified names at the Lekan Ogunsola Memorial mortuary in June. Mr. Achief Olajide, a family member said that after the June 3 crash, he saw Moses intact body, his ID card and wallet. The mortuary refused to let him claim the body, and now it is lost.
Below, a retired Nigerian Air Force captain criticizes the Nigerian government’s handling of aircraft emergency.
Air France flight AF054 had to make an emergency landing at Trudeau Airport in Montreal, Canada, at around 4 p.m. on January 1, 2014.
The flight, en-route from Paris to Washington D.C., was diverted after smoke was detected in the business class cabin.
The Boeing 777-300, carrying 152 passengers and 17 crew members, landed safely and no one aboard was harmed.
The airline confirmed the incident saying that the emergency landing was due to a “minor technical problem”.
The plane was later able to resume the flight.
A Saudi Airlines flight 021 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Cairo International Airport, Cairo, Egypt, on September 19th.
The plane en-route to New York from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, was mid-air above Cairo when the pilot reported that a passenger had fallen ill onboard.
The plane landed uneventfully.
The passenger was already dead by the time he was taken to hospital.
British Airways flight BA-242 had to return and make an emergency landing in Mexico City, Mexico, on July 17th.
The Boeing 747-400 plane took off for Heathrow Airport, England, but had to return shortly afterwards due to a pressurization issue.
The plane landed back safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
KLM Cityhopper flight KL-1029 made an emergency landing in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on May 29th.
The plane took off for Heathrow Airport, England, but had to turn back due to an avionics problem.
The plane landed back safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
Jazeera Airways flight J9-608 caught fire after landing at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad, 
India, on July 2nd.
The incident happened when the plane was coming from Kuwait.
The plane stopped on the taxiway and was evacuated.
Everyone aboard remained uninjured.