My recent personal experience, on 9th June 2012 Arik air plane took off from portharcourt to Abuja late in evening time, reaching Abuja airport there was no light at runway hence it could not land, it has to return to Portharcourt. Now, what of if there was no enough fuel to return to PH.
Another experience, on the 10th June saturday 2012 , I took Arik from Porthartcourt to Abuja, on getting to Abuja airport the plane could not land due to bad weather, so we were haovering on air for more than 30minutes praying for good weather. At a time the pilot suggested that we have to proceed to Kano airport for re-fueling, so we went, on our way there was a terrible turbulent on air but God took control and we arrived safely. Manny people on getting to Kano decided to end the journey in kano. I would have joined them to end it but when I called my wife and narrated my ordeal she encouraged me to return to Abuja with same flight, that if my time has not come to die i will not. After re-fueling we took off to Abuja and arrived safely.
On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 4:58 PM, <politicsaxrosdnation@yahoo.com> wrote:
Though I can't really confirm this information; but the government as whole is to be blame. If not for a lawless country like nigeria DANA Air is not worthy to fly but in nigeria nothing works apart from corruption. The pilot was said to have made a distressed call before it finally crash on that house, even according to the news the plane spent more than twenty minutes on top of that upstair before it blew off. What are the effort of the airport official or whatever they called themselves did to help those innocent souls? Just five minutes away from the airport! What a shameSent from my BlackBerry® wireless handheld from Glo Mobile.From: Jaye Gaskia <ogbegbe@yahoo.com>Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2012 08:25:26 -0700 (PDT)To: Valentine Ojo<elewuoye@gmail.com>; Nigerian IDENTITY<NigerianID@YahooGroups.com>ReplyTo: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.comCc: Uwem Imoh<decorum2chi@yahoo.com>; usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com<usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com>; foi coalition<foicoalition@yahoogroups.com>; All Nigerians In Diaspora<nigerianid@yahoogroups.com>; Nigeria Social forum<nigeriasocialforum@yahoogroups.com>; GCAP Nigeria<gcapnigeria2005@yahoo.com>; Didi<drndi10@yahoo.com>; United Action for Democracy<uadkano@yahoo.com>; jo_sanya@yahoo.com<jo_sanya@yahoo.com>; Danladi Abdulsalam<donleski@yahoo.com>; wale salami<donleski@yahoo.cm>; Abiodun Adeosi<titikamara_147@yahoo.com>; Godwin Frank<pigmyhippo2000@yahoo.com>; isaac osuoka<asumeo@yahoo.co.uk>; celestine@saction.org<celestine@saction.org>; Yusha'u Sani<yankuzo2000@yahoo.com>; aoyeleke2000@yahoo.com<aoyeleke2000@yahoo.com>; olukemiaremu@yahoo.com<olukemiaremu@yahoo.com>; Jide Afolabi<jideafolabi001@yahoo.com>Subject: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Re: NigerianID | RE: Patience Jonathan not responsible for crash – Govt--Yes someone is indeed lying and that is why it important, even decisive that an independent investigation and comprehensive inquiry be launched into this avoidable disaster.It is important that such an investigation prioritises the following:A determination of the current airworthiness status of all the aircrafts in the fleets of Nigerian registered Airline operators, and recertification and relicensing of such operators.A determination of responsibility for the Dana Mishap, with respect to certification of aircraft to be used in the Nigeria airspace and certification of the aircraft to fly on this particular day, among others.A determination of the extent to which closure of the airspace for more than a few minutes due to VIP movement contributed to or did not contribute to this specific crash; but also the extent to which such closures have contributed to incidences and near misses in the past; as well as the extent to which they can contribute to incidences in the future and therefore a determination of the propriety of such closures.Sacking of the management of culpable regulatory agencies, as well as restructuring of the sector.Prosecution and examplary punishment for all those found culpable in this crash incident and in the running down of the sector.Anyone who has had to use the Nigerian airspace can testify to the executive lawlessness of VIP movements leading always to closures of the airspace for hours for simple take offs and landings. I have been in aircrafts that have had to hover for 30 minutes due to airspace closure for VIP movements.This is obviously one disaster too many, and it is time we put our feet down and say; ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.Let us rid ourselves of the burden of the collosal ineptitude and epochal greed of the parochial, provincial and pedestrian Treasury Looting Ruling Class.Our Destiny is in our own hands. Its time we move From Protest To Power; From Street To Service; and From Grievance To Governance!Its Our Country; Let Us Organise To Take It Back.Regards,Jaye GaskiaNational ConvenerUnited Action For Democracy [UAD]From: Valentine Ojo <elewuoye@gmail.com>
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Subject: NigerianID | RE: Patience Jonathan not responsible for crash – Govt
Someone is LYING!But who...?On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 3:04 AM, Uwem Imoh <decorum2chi@yahoo.com> wrote:
Patience Jonathan not responsible for crash –Govt
by Oyetunji Abioye and Olalekan Adetayo
There was controversy on Tuesday over the alleged closure of the nation's airspace for a Presidential jet carrying the wife of President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience, to land in Lagos on Sunday.The closure was said to have prevented the pilot of the distressed Dana Air's plane from making an emergency landing at the airport.But the Ministry of Aviation denied the report, saying the President's wife came to Lagos on Saturday and not Sunday.Reports circulated through Facebook and BlackBerry Messenger on Tuesday had claimed that although the Dana plane had an engine failure, the distressed aircraft could have made it to the airport if it was not delayed by the VIP movement.The social media also said the Presidential movement on Sunday affected some owners of private jets who were forced to story in the air for some times.But a statement by the Special Assistant (Media) to the Minister of Aviation, Mr. Joe Obi, said the airspace was never closed for the First Lady on Sunday.He said, "There is a widely circulating rumour that the airspace was closed to facilitate the First Lady's movement and that that was partly responsible for the Dana plane crash of Sunday June 3, 2012. The Federal Ministry of Aviation will like to clarify that nothing could be farther from the truth."For the records, we wish state that the First Lady arrived in Lagos at about 4.45pm on Saturday, 2nd June, 2012 and only departed for Abuja on Monday, the 4th of June, 2012 at 1.30pm, whereas the ill-fated Dana flight 0992 departed Abuja on Sunday, 3rd of June, 2012 at 2.54pm and its last contact with the Lagos Control Tower was at 3.42pm as has already been announced. We wish to stress that the First Lady did not fly on Sunday, the 3rd of June, 2012 as is widely been speculated."An air traffic controller at the Lagos airport, who spoke under condition of anonymity, also said the airport did not record any Presidential movement on Sunday.According to the official, an air traffic controller on duty on Sunday had told him earlier there was no time the "airfield was sterilised" for any VIP on Sunday.In a statement by her Special Assistant, Mr. Ayo Osinlu, the wife of the president described the report as an orchestrated plan to politicise the Sunday crash.She said it was "callous, inhuman and devilish" for anyone to have thought of wrapping such national calamity in political garb by insinuating that the plane crashed because the airspace was closed for her movement in Lagos."In compliance with her itinerary, the First Lady arrived Lagos on Saturday. She was at a public event on Sunday when the accident occurred and promptly abandoned the ceremony as a mark of respect for the victims and retired to the State House, Marina. She left Lagos at exactly 13.15hrs on Monday, 4th June, 2012, according to schedule."It is therefore surprising that some mischievous persons will see this moment of national mourning as an opportunity to blackmail and impugn the First Lady's integrity."This is the time for all Nigerians to be sober and pray for the repose of the souls of the victims and not a time to subordinate the interests of our nation to narrow self-serving interests."Let us all put the interest of the nation first in whatever we do."The message which necessitated Mrs. Jonathan's reaction had read in part, "Is there any way of getting confirmation about news I'm just getting that the Dana plane was distressed for a while but could not make an emergency landing because the airspace was closed for 2 hours for – the Presidential Jet carrying Dame Patience Goodluck Jonathan."Private jet owners who had to hover in the air same time leaked this. This was apparently the reason local news didn't report the crash for so long till CNN and foreign news stations started reporting it."Local news was 'blacked out' trying to kill the story of the airspace being closed while a distressed plane couldn't land."A source however said, "It would be shocking if so. Though there was engine failure, there was still time for the plane to have landed apparently."You do know anyway that the airspace is closed for up to two hours each time the Presidential Jet needs to go into the air; two hours for a 15-minute takeoff or landing!"MERELY POSTED BYEMMANUEL IMOH EKEREUWEMABUJA--
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