Monday 11 June 2012

I warned Dana Air of pending danger before crash –Akpabio

Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom says he had earlier lodged a complaint with the management of Dana Air before the plane crash of June 3.

Akpabio told journalists at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos that he intimated the management of the complaints he received about a faulty aircraft being used by the airline.

“When I received complaints from most Dana Air users in my state, complaining of what people may call near misses or crashes, like non-operational landing gear and all sorts of problems, we knew that most of the planes on their fleet were getting faulty or rusty, so, we were very concerned as a state government. I told the management to stop experimenting with the lives of Nigerians. I warned the management to recall what happened to ADC airline. This was the way ADC started and all of a sudden, they were putting faulty aircrafts in the air. At the end, so many lives were lost and unfortunately, you cannot replace lives,’’ the governor said.

He said that he warned Dana to ensured adequate maintenance or suspend its flight to enable a thorough check of the aircraft in its fleet.
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