About

Monday 4 June 2012

Dana Crash: “The aircraft disappeared from the air traffic control radar” – Aviation Minister

The Minister of Aviation, Princess Stella Oduah, yesterday explained why the Dana air plane crashed in Lagos State with 153 passengers died instantly. According to her, the DANA Air flight 0992 which was flying from Abuja to Lagos declared an emergency with the Lagos Control Tower at eleven nautical miles to Murtala Muhammed Airport( MMA). She added that a minute later, the air traffic control rada could not found the airplane until it was learnt that the aircraft had been crashed. “The flight was found to have crashed into a residential building at Iju area of Agege with 153 people on board” She said Oduah who spoke while addressing Journalists at the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) headquarters, said the Federal Government will institute an investigation into the cause of the crash.

0 comments:

Post a Comment

Please do not hesitate to leave your comment,Thanks