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#DanaCrash: Her patience runs out – First Lady releases statement on rumours

by Tolu Orekoya The Presidency released a statement today, refuting rumours that attribute the Dana Air crash to the First Lady’s travel schedule. The rumours claim that the air space was…

#DanaCrash: ‘I was to board that fatal flight’ – Lagos Speaker

by Stanley Azuakola Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji has revealed that he was supposed to board the ill-fated Dana aircraft, which crashed on Sunday. The Speaker testified on…

#DanaCrash: Men in Black – President Jonathan, ministers mourn Dana victims at FEC meeting

It was a solemn time today at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, as the Federal Executive Committee dedicated its weekly meeting to the memory of the Dana plane crash victims. The…

#DanaCrash: Aero shoots for customers, gets backlash

by Tolu Orekoya In response to the tragic air accident that happened on Sunday this week, Aero took to the microblogging website, Twitter to allay fears about their service and…

#DanaCrash: What the victims really need – An eyewitness account

by Chioma Ogwuegbu photo credit: Vanguard From my experience, distributing relief materials is merely a stop-gap measure. It does benefit the victims, but does not have a far-reaching impact. If we really…

Oluwapelumi June 6, 2012

#DanaCrash: Dana Air releases statement of condolence

Hathiramani during his second visit to the crash site Dana Air released a statement yesterday, over the tragic plane crash on June 3, 2012, killing all 153 passengers and crew on…

#DanaCrash: Pastor predicted the plane crash two weeks ago, we fasted but my wife and kid still died’

Photo credit:Kansas city star I really feel sad for the death of my wife and my daughter. She is a very smart girl and would have been 11 years old…

#DanaCrash: Google Nigeria pays tribute

by Tolu Orekoya Google Nigeria pays tribute to those who lost their lives on June 3, 2012 with a black ribbon. A simple but extremely thoughtful gesture.

#Danacrash: FG suspends Dana Air license

The license of Dana airline has been suspended indefinitely. The spokesman of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Sam Adurogboye, made the disclosure today. He said that the suspension order…

#DanaCrash: Senate asks that Dana Air be grounded, wants NCCA boss Demuren suspended

by Tolu Orekoya Reacting to Sunday’s Dana Air crash, the Senate has called for the grounding of the airline’s fleet until after investigations into the health of its fleet and…

#DanaCrash: Dr. Levi Ajuonuma’s family returns home

photo credit: Leadership by Tolu Orekoya The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has extended heartfelt condolences to the family of Dr. Levi Ajuonuma, who until his death in the Dana…

#DanaCrash: 137 bodies discovered so far, DNA testing needed to identify most

by Tolu Orekoya Recovery operations at the Dana Air flight 922 have unearthed 137 bodies, from the scene of the June 3, 2012 crash. According to the National Emergency Management,…

#Danacrash: NNPC in grief, lose four senior employees in crash

The Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) lost four senior members of staff last Sunday in the crash of Dana Airline Flight 9J-922. NNPC staff lost in the tragedy include the…

#Danacrash: Daniel Omowunmi -The man whose houses were destroyed by the crashed Dana aircraft

His name is Pastor Daniel Omowunmi and all that saved him and his family from certain death was the fact that when Dana Flight 922 fell from the sky and…

#DanaCrash: Nwabuwa Okafor, was sleeping at home when the plane crashed into him

by Chi Ibe photo credit: Vanguard James Okafor was unable to control his emotion as he spoke to news men yesterday. He was still trying to come to terms with the…

YNaija Editorial: #DanaCrash – It is time to get desperate

That is the real tragedy. That this clichéd vicious cycle has become the story of our existence; that we have chosen to stand by and watch our humanity chipped…

#DanaCrash: Gov Fashola offers relief to three kids orphaned by the crash

Three kids who were orphaned by the Dana Air Flight crashed in Lagos last Sunday, have received succour from the Lagos State governor, Governor Babatunde Fashola, who took them into…

#DanaCrash: Official statement from Dana Air on the crash of its flight 9J 922

The Dana Air family is deeply saddened by the tragic loss of the passengers and crew of Flight 9J-992 of Sunday, June 3, 2012. The aircraft, with Registration Number 5N-RAM,…

Oluwapelumi June 4, 2012

#DanaCrash: We’re in God’s hands?

by Joachim Mac-Ebong Life, especially in Nigeria, is like a throw of the dice. Every single movement from point A to point B is an exercise in faith. This is what my…

#DanaCrash: What can you do to help?

by Tolu Orekoya As Nigerians commiserate with the families, loved ones, and friends of those who lost their lives in the Dana Air crash flight 0992 of June 3, 2012, the sense that Lagosians and Nigerians are…

#Danacrash: Photos – President Jonathan, Gov Fashola visit plane crash site

President Goodluck Jonathan and Governor Babatunde Fashola were today, June 4, at the Iju-Saga suburb of Lagos to see first-hand the carnage that occurred when a Dana Air Flight 922…

#Danacrash: AFP Report – Police fire tear gas at crowd at Lagos crash site

Nigerian police fired tear gas on Monday as a crowd surged at the site of a devastating plane crash in the country’s largest city of Lagos that killed all 153…

#DanaCrash: More photos from the crash scene (Reader Discretion Advised)

It has been chaos at the scene of the Dana Air crash since yesterday, as officials are still working to get the victims out of the wretched plane. YNaija is…

BREAKING: #DanaCrash Pilot was American, co-pilot Indian, flight engineer Indonesian

Photography by Hycinth Iyereosa by Tolu Orekoya According to a CNN story posted today, the pilot for the ill-fated Dana Airways Abuja – Lagos flight was an American, the co-pilot was…

#DanaCrash: Plane had a history of multiple faults

From the Aviation Safety Network From Daily Times: The Aviation Safety Network, an exclusive service of the Air Safety Foundation (ASF), in a statement on Monday, revealed that the ill-fated…

#DanaCrash: Residents claim plane exploded 20mins after crash but no one was saved

by Seyi Lawal photo credit: Vanguard Residents around the Iju area of Lagos where the Dana commercial air plane crashed said the aircraft did not explode immediately it crashed. It exploded…