#DanaCrash: Displaced victims shun resettlement camp

#DanaCrash: Displaced victims shun resettlement camp

by Stanley Azuakola Days after the Lagos State government set up a resettlement camp at Ipaja to provide temporary accommodation for the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from the Iju-Ishaga area where the DANA Airplane crashed last Sunday, the camp has remained deserted as the victims refused to return to the camp. Though the resettlement camp being run... Read More

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June 8, 2012

#DanaCrash: Here’s how you can help

by Stanley Azuakola Many Nigerians are still hurting. The nation is still observing the three days of mourning announced by the president. Questions are now being asked and fingers pointed. A YNaija editorial proposed that we “find those who are to blame, and we must punish them. We must stay on this issue and ensure it... Read More

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June 7, 2012

#DanaCrash: Victims’ families to be paid $100,000

by Tolu Orekoya Dana Air’s insurance LLoyds of London will compensate the families of those who died in the crash, they announced yesterday at the joint Dana Air/Lagos State government news conference. According to Yomi Oshinkoya, a Lloyds correspondent, “The international law and standards stipulate that the sum of 30,000 dollars (N4.6 million) must be paid to... Read More

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June 6, 2012

#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 the floor of the House that he was scheduled to take the flight back to Lagos from Abuja where he’d gone to attend a meeting... Read More

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June 5, 2012

Rumour Buster: First Lady did not fly on Sunday, says aviation ministry

Ever since the Dana Plane crash on Sunday June 3 in Lagos, there have been rumours especially in social media circles that the crash was as a result of the closure of the airspace to facilitate the movement of First Lady Dame Patience Jonathan who was in Lagos at the time. However, the Ministry of... Read More

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June 5, 2012

#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 was issued Monday night by the Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah, and takes immediate effect. This is to enable the NCAA carry out its investigations.... Read More

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June 5, 2012

#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 landed on his properties, he and every member of his household were in church. According to him, not one pin from his houses was recovered,... Read More

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Photo of the Day: And Jonathan wept

At the site of the Dana Air crash on Monday, President Jonathan, just like aviation minister, could not hold back the tears as he saw the carnage.

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#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 his custody pending when their relatives come forward. Their parents had sent them on an errand when the plane crashed on their home with their... Read More

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#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 people on board. A crowd trying to get a look at the wreckage sought to break though a police barricade in one area at the... Read More

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Nigeria: A litany of air mishaps – 48 crashes in 43 years

by Stanley AzuakolaSince the first recorded air crash in Nigeria in 1969, Nigeria has witnessed scores of other mishaps. Below is a catalogue of these crashes: • November 20, 1969: Nigeria Airways BAC VC10 crashed on landing, killing 87 people on board. • January 22, 1973: Royal Jordanian Airlines flight 707 carrying 171 Nigerian Muslims returning... Read More

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#DanaCrash Update 3: Black box retrieved, rescue efforts continue in darkness

Reports from the scene of the Dana aircraft crash on Sunday has it that the Flight Data recorder (popularly referred to as the black box) has been recovered. The black box is an electronic device which records all instructions sent to any electronic system on an aircraft. It is very important for accident investigation and... Read More

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Black Sunday: President Jonathan declares three days of mourning

President Goodluck Jonathan has declared a three-day period of national mourning in honour of those who lost their lives in the Dana plane crash in Lagos today. He also cancelled all his public engagements scheduled for tomorrow and directed that the Nigerian flag be flown at half-mast for the three days. The President joined Nigerians... Read More

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Update 1: Report says NNPC GM Public Affairs among casualties in crashed plane

Premium Times is reporting that the NNPC’s General Manager in charge of Public Affairs, Dr Levi Ajuonuma, was one of the casualties in the McDonnell Douglas (MD-83) aircraft operated by Dana Air, which crashed in Lagos today. The flight, arriving Lagos from Abuja, crashed with less than four minutes to landing. Dana airline has said it... Read More

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