PHOTOS: Celebrities Board Dana Airline As It Made First Flight With 67Passengers

Date: 05-01-2013 4:02 pm (11 years ago) | Author: franel
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«§» 5 January 2013

Nigeria’s Dana Air resumed flights on Friday, seven months after one of its planes crashed into a Lagos apartment block, killing 163 people in the country’s worst airline disaster in two decades.



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The government lifted a ban on the airline in September but an investigation is ongoing and there is still no official explanation of the crash.

Dana Air’s five remaining McDonnell Douglas MD-83′s operating in Nigeria have a capacity of 140.

Airline spokesman Tony Usidamen said 67 passengers were on board the resumed Lagos-Abuja flight on Friday and 82 on the return journey.

“There was a round of applause for the very smooth landing,” Usidamen said by telephone.

Tickets were sold for as little as 14,400 naira ($92) one way, around half what some airlines are charging. Dana Air will only be flying the Lagos-Abuja route for the time being.

The MD-83 crashed in a Lagos suburb on June 3, killing everyone on board and 10 people on the ground.

The pilot reported dual engine failure before the plane went down.

“We won’t know the cause until the investigation has been completed,” Aviation Ministry spokesman Joe Obi said. “A thorough audit of the airline has been done and the remaining fleet is airworthy.”

Air crashes are relatively common in Nigeria, which despite being Africa’s second biggest economy has a poor air safety record, although it had improved in the years before the Dana crash.

Even so, air travel remains the quickest and often safest way to travel across a country nearly twice the size of Spain with a dangerous and dilapidated road network.

International carrier Air Nigeria, formerly part of Richard Branson’s Virgin fleet, shut down in September due to what it called “staff disloyalty and environmental challenges”

Passengers on board Dana Air inaugural flight on Friday clap roared in jubilation when the Dana air plane landed safely at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja, the Nigerian capital.

Dana Air Flight 9J353 left the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, few minutes after 10 am and landed in Abuja at 11.05 packed with celebrities, journalists and some passengers.

Some of the celebrities who defied fear were Comedians, Basketmouth, Buchi, musician Harrisong, Kuba crew, among others.

Below are pictures from the inaugural flight:



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Posted: at 5-01-2013 04:02 PM (11 years ago) | Hero
- maryclaret at 5-01-2013 04:20 PM (11 years ago)
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Good for them. Nigeria is so messed up. If this crash happened somewhere in the western world, there is no way Dana would be allowed to fly anywhere without investigations being completed. They claim that investigations are still being conducted yet they are allowed to fly? WTH is wrong with this damn country? O Lord have mercy on Nigeria.

Posted: at 5-01-2013 04:20 PM (11 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- winace at 5-01-2013 05:17 PM (11 years ago)
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Nigeria my country.wit time u people in govt will kn its not biznes as usual cus GOD has started answer our prayers.
Posted: at 5-01-2013 05:17 PM (11 years ago) | Addicted Hero
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- stikerxxx at 5-01-2013 05:56 PM (11 years ago)
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NAIJA FOR YOU... Grin  Grin  Grin
Posted: at 5-01-2013 05:56 PM (11 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- christianity at 5-01-2013 05:58 PM (11 years ago)
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MY DEAR,DONT MIND THOSE FOOLS DAT CALLED THEMSELVES CELEBRITY.AFTER DANA MUST HAVE PAID THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY INCASE THEY  DIE.THERE THEY ARE ADVATIZING FOR OTHERS TO JOIN THEM FOR NOTHING.
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Quote from: maryclaret on  5-01-2013 04:20 PM
Good for them. Nigeria is so messed up. If this crash happened somewhere in the western world, there is no way Dana would be allowed to fly anywhere without investigations being completed. They claim that investigations are still being conducted yet they are allowed to fly? WTH is wrong with this damn country? O Lord have mercy on Nigeria.
Posted: at 5-01-2013 05:58 PM (11 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- osamabinladin at 5-01-2013 05:58 PM (11 years ago)
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the pple wey enter the plane first, i salute una courage ooo
Posted: at 5-01-2013 05:58 PM (11 years ago) | Hero
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- ezchusa at 5-01-2013 06:20 PM (11 years ago)
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BRB

Posted: at 5-01-2013 06:20 PM (11 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- ezchusa at 5-01-2013 06:22 PM (11 years ago)
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BRB

Posted: at 5-01-2013 06:22 PM (11 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- Noble12 at 5-01-2013 06:30 PM (11 years ago)
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Na dia wahala
Posted: at 5-01-2013 06:30 PM (11 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- Biafranwar at 5-01-2013 06:33 PM (11 years ago)
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Bright u wan die?
Posted: at 5-01-2013 06:33 PM (11 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- Oyinminijoor at 5-01-2013 07:25 PM (11 years ago)
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Blood of Jesus on u guys lol
Posted: at 5-01-2013 07:25 PM (11 years ago) | Upcoming
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- paulohking at 5-01-2013 07:37 PM (11 years ago)
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Dana still operating  Roll Eyes ?
Posted: at 5-01-2013 07:37 PM (11 years ago) | Hero
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- beneno at 5-01-2013 08:42 PM (11 years ago)
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this is called FOYOR ( flying on your own risk )
Posted: at 5-01-2013 08:42 PM (11 years ago) | Addicted Hero
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- zoe61 at 5-01-2013 09:57 PM (11 years ago)
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corrupt country they have corlet money and life the band is not even up to 1 year what a shame
Posted: at 5-01-2013 09:57 PM (11 years ago) | Hero
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- jamesbondchick at 5-01-2013 10:02 PM (11 years ago)
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Mtschewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!

Posted: at 5-01-2013 10:02 PM (11 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- denmal at 5-01-2013 10:36 PM (11 years ago)
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this country is mesed up, investigation not concluded yet allow to operate
Posted: at 5-01-2013 10:36 PM (11 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- dickman2 at 5-01-2013 11:02 PM (11 years ago)
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i see.
Posted: at 5-01-2013 11:02 PM (11 years ago) | Addicted Hero
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- torrejon_men at 5-01-2013 11:07 PM (11 years ago)
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thank God for them
Posted: at 5-01-2013 11:07 PM (11 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- Solidstonez at 5-01-2013 11:30 PM (11 years ago)
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NAIJA I HAIL OH

Posted: at 5-01-2013 11:30 PM (11 years ago) | Addicted Hero
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- analyzation at 6-01-2013 03:34 AM (11 years ago)
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pls take care
Posted: at 6-01-2013 03:34 AM (11 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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