Three days after a tragic crash involving an
Associated Airlines plane killed 14 people in Lagos, the Federal Government,
through the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority on Sunday night, announced the
suspension of Dana Air’s operations nationwide...
The Coordinating General Manager, Corporate
Communications, Aviation Parastatals, Mr. Yakubu Dati, confirmed on Sunday
night that the government had suspended the operations of Dana Air nationwide.
Dati said the decision was to allow the
regulatory agency “conduct an operational audit” on the carrier and its planes.
The latest suspension of Dana’s operations made
it the third time the NCAA would be grounding the carrier over safety and other
related issues.
On March 17, 2013, the government suspended the
operations of Dana in order to “resolve certain safety issues,” according to
the NCAA.
Some days later, the government lifted the
suspension thus clearing the carrier to resume operations.
The March 17 suspension came nearly three months
after the airline resumed operations following a seven-month suspension after
its Boeing MD-83 crashed in Lagos, killing 163 people
The government had on June 5, 2012 revoked the
operational licence of Dana, two days after the crash in Iju-Ishaga, Lagos.
The government had also at a time directed Dana
to pay compensations to the families of all the victims of the June 3, 2012
crash or risk severe sanctions.
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