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Tragedy averted as a Dana aircraft skids off the runway in Rivers (Photos)

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7 years ago

February 20, 2018

According to reports, online a Dana aircraft skidded off the runway in Rivers state but no life was lost.

Sahara reporters shared pictures of the Dana aircraft on Twitter;

@DanaAir aircraft flying from Lagos to Port Harcourt overshoots runway, presently inside the bush from where passengers are being evacuated

Earlier this month, According to several online reports earlier today that passengers onboard a

Dana Airline plane was left in shock after the exit door of the plane fell off after landing. Dana Airline released a statement to that effect.

Read below:

Dana Air’s attention has been drawn to some online publication that the door of one of our aircraft fell off after landing and whilst taxing in Abuja today.

We wish to state categorically that this could never have happened without a conscious effort by a passenger to open it.

By design, the emergency exit door of our aircraft are plug-type backed by pressure, which ordinary cannot fall off without tampering or conscious effort to open by a crew member or passenger.

We also wish to enlighten the author that, when an aircraft is airborne, it is fully pressurized and there was no way the seat or door could have been ‘shaking’ as insinuated.

A thorough inspection was however carried out on the said aircraft upon landing in Abuja, by our engineers and a team from the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), and no issue was reported. There was also no threat to safety at any point.

The flight was only delayed for 8 minutes as we needed to demonstrate to the regulators that the safety and comfort of our guests is at the centre of our operations.

We wish to apologize to our guests for any inconvenience such report may have caused and for the slight delay on the return service to Lagos.

A thorough investigation of the concerned passenger is ongoing.

As one of the oldest and most experienced airline in Nigeria, we remain committed to global best practices.