There were hints, on Wednesday, that the nation’s Minister of Aviation, Festus Keyamo, might have halted Dana Airline operations.
The instruction was issued in response to the April 23 incident involving a Dana Air aircraft at Lagos airport, which compelled aviation officials to reroute flights from the local airport to the international one.
According to earlier reports, on Tuesday at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, one of the airline’s aircraft, registered under the registration number 5N BKI, went off the runway.
While the details surrounding the incident were not readily available as at press time, no casualty was recorded, as passengers safely disembarked using the front exit door.
The last time the airliner nearly got into major accident was on May 3, 2022, when no fewer than 50 passengers who were onboard a Lagos-bound aircraft were rescued after its tyres caught fire.
The airplane involved was scheduled to take off from Port Harcourt International Airport enroute Lagos. As in that incident, there were no casualties also.
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