Dana Air resumes flights after crash
2013-01-04 14:02
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Lagos - Nigerian airline Dana resumed flights on Friday for the first time
since a June crash on the outskirts of the country's main city killed 159
people in one of the nation's worst air disasters.
"We resumed flight operations this morning. I have just boarded with
passengers for the first commercial flight from Lagos to Abuja," Dana Air spokesperson
Tony told AFP.
Nigerian aviation authorities suspended the operating licence of the airline
on 5 June, two days after it crashed in a neighbourhood of Lagos, a city of
some 15 million people, after the plane's two engines failed mid-air.
The licence was restored in September in what the government explained was
its "satisfaction with the air-worthiness of the airline after a rigorous
technical, operational and financial audit".
Before the accident, Dana was among the most popular carriers in Nigeria,
with heavy traffic on its Abuja-Lagos route. The McDonnell Douglas-83 aircraft
that crashed in Lagos had taken off from Abuja.
- SAPA
