Nigeria: Plane Crash Latest - More Trouble for DANA

6 June 2012

Lagos — The Federal Government, yesterday, grounded Dana Airline following last Sunday's crash of its Lagos-bound aircraft at Iju-Ishaga area killing all the 154 passengers and crew on board as well as 16 others on ground when it landed on a two-storey building.

Special Adviser (Media) to the Minister of Aviation, Mr Joe Obi who confirmed the withdrawal of the airline's operational licence said it was "suspended for safety operational reasons". This is to allow authorities carry out a thorough investigation into its operations as well as the circumstances that led to Sunday's plane crash.

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