Nigeria:   NCAA, Dana Air Breached Safety Procedure Report

Daily Trust, 2 August 2012

The Technical and Administrative Review Panel on Domestic Airlines (TARPDA) which was inaugurated on 11th June 2012 by the Minister of Aviation Princess Stella Oduah to review… Read more »

Nigeria:   I Complained About Dana Plane Before Crash - Sanusi

Vanguard, 1 August 2012

The Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, told staff and family members of the bank's' staff who died in the Dana plane that crashed recently that he… Read more »

Nigeria:   Dana Pilot Alerted Me of Dual Engine Failure, Says Air Controller

This Day, 1 August 2012

The Air Traffic Controller on duty during the June 3 Dana plane crash said Tuesday that the pilot told him that the aircraft had dual engine and throttle failures. Read more »

Nigeria:   Dana - Witness Recalls Encounter With Pilot Before Crash

Vanguard, 1 August 2012

The last 15 minutes of the ill-fated Dana Airline plane and its embattled pilot was relayed before a Lagos Coroner, yesterday. Read more »

Nigeria:   Dana Crash - Witness Gives Account of Last 15 Minutes of the Flight

Leadership, 1 August 2012

Lagos Coroner, Mr. Komolafe Oyetade was, yesterday, intimated of the last 15-minute journey of the ill- fated Dana airline flight 0992 before it crashed at Iju-Ishaga, Lagos on… Read more »

Nigeria:   NGO Organises Forum for Dana Air Crash Victims' Families

Leadership, 1 August 2012

A non-governmental organisation (NGO), the Nigerian Leadership Initiative (NLI) has floated a forum where families of victims of the recent ill-fated Dana Air crash can secure… Read more »

Nigeria:   DANA Crash Inquest - How We Received Remains of Crash Victims - Obafunwa

Vanguard, 26 July 2012

Professor John Obafunwa, a consultant forensic pathologist and Chief Medical Examiner of Lagos State, yesterday, told a Lagos Coroner Court that some remains of the victims of the… Read more »

Nigeria:   DANA Coroner - Lawyers Fault Fire Fighters' Account of Time

Vanguard, 24 July 2012

Officials of the Lagos State Fire Service were, yesterday, contradicted at the on-going coroner proceedings put up to unravel circumstances behind last month's Dana Air crash in… Read more »

Nigeria:   Doubt Persists Over Melting of Black Box in DANA Crash

This Day, 20 July 2012

Aside the relatives of the crash victims, many stakeholders still doubt part of the preliminary report released two weeks ago by the Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) which… Read more »

Nigeria:   Dana Crash - Large Casualty Figure Due to Suffocation - Relations

Vanguard, 21 July 2012

A relation of two of the victims of the ill fated plane that crashed in June at Iju-Ishaga area of Lagos State, Mr. Dafe Sama, said that the large casualty recorded in the accident… Read more »

Nigeria:   Dana Plane May Not Have Been Modified - Former NCAT Rector

Vanguard, 18 July 2012

The immediate past Rector of the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology, Zaria, Capt. Adebayo Araba has explained why the Flight Data Recorder,FDR, of the ill-fated Dana plane… Read more »

Nigeria:   Air Crashes and Challenge of Implementing Probe Report

Leadership, 17 July 2012

At last, the preliminary investigation into the crash of Dana Air flight 0992 has been released. However, this has not brought to an end the investigations into the cause of the… Read more »

Nigeria:   DANA Crash Report - Captain Tito Disputes AIB Report

Vanguard, 17 July 2012

The June 3rd Dana plane crash could have been caused by human error, former Federal Airports Authority, FAAN, Advance Ground Instructor and pilot, Captain Tito Omaghomi, has said.… Read more »

Nigeria:   Dana Crash - Victims' Families Demand Higher Compensation

This Day, 15 July 2012

Families of the victims of the tragic Dana Air Flight 0992 which killed all the 153 persons on board, including six crew members on June 3 in Lagos yesterday insisted that the… Read more »

Nigeria:   Dana Airline Crash - Six Anyenes Buried Amidst Wailings, Tributes

Vanguard, 14 July 2012

The six members of the Anyene family Onyeka (44), his wife Maimuna (33) and four children namely Kamsiyonna, (3) Kainetochi, (2) Kaimarachi (2) and Kobichimee, (five months), who… Read more »

Nigeria:   DANA Plane Crash - How Captain Battled With Failed Engines Mid-Air - Report

Vanguard, 13 July 2012

Preliminary report on the Dana plane that crashed on 3rd June 2012 at Iju-Ishaga, Lagos released yesterday by the Accident Investigation Bureau, AIB, said that the Captain tried… Read more »

Nigeria:   AIB Report Blames Engine Failure for DANA Crash

This Day, 13 July 2012

Federal Government Thursday released the preliminary report of the Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) into the possible cause of the Dana airline which crashed last month in the… Read more »

Nigeria:   DANA Coroner - Judge Threatens to Arrest Airline Officials

Vanguard, 13 July 2012

The Coroner, sitting over inquiry into the June 3 crash of Dana Airline in Lagos, Magistrate Oyetade Komolafe, has threatened to order the arrest of the airline officials if they… Read more »

Nigeria:   DANA Crash - Pilots Noted Problem 17 Mins After Takeoff - Report

Leadership, 13 July 2012

The preliminary report on the June 3, 2012, Dana crash released by the Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB), yesterday in Abuja, has revealed that the pilots of the ill-fated plane… Read more »

Nigeria:   Plane Crash - Coroner Threatens Dana Management With Arrest

Leadership, 13 July 2012

The magistrate making inquisition on the cause of the June 3, 2012 fatal plane crash that occurred at Iju-Ishaga, Lagos, Mr. Oyetade Alexander Komolafe has threatened to arrest the… Read more »

Nigeria:   Inquest - Dana Airline Absent in Court

Leadership, 12 July 2012

A Lagos State Coroner, Mr Oyetade Komolafe, has expressed dissatisfaction with the absence of representatives of DANA Airlines at the ongoing inquest into the crash of one of its… Read more »