Tag Archives: Aviation accidents and incidents

Some Lessons from the Nigeria’s Navy Augusta 109 Helicopter Accident

December 24, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

One of the sad characteristics of the leaders and governments in Nigeria is that they never learn from tragedies. This is why preventable tragedies such as the recent Augusta 109 Helicopter crash reoccur frequently, often with greater intensity and costs. … read more »

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Nigeria: Before Another Plane Crash

November 9, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

By Leke Alder, This Day opinion A few weeks ago, one of the better-known airlines in the country turned back its passenger plane to take-off point because of a technical glitch in midair. It was travelling from Lagos to Abuja. … read more »

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DANA air crash, Nigeria Government adds insult to injury

September 7, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

I received with a very rude shock, the news of the lifting of the suspension of the operating license of the Dana airline by the federal government of Nigeria. I lost my wife Nancy Echendu Ibe, my 11 year old … read more »

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Nigeria Launches Airline Industry Probe

June 12, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

In response to the crash of Dana Air flight 992, which killed 153 people on board and more on the ground last week in Lagos, the Nigerian government has assembled a nine-person panel to investigate the technical, legal and financial … read more »

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Nigeria: How do we make sense of our predicament?

June 7, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Just two days into the week and Nigeria is facing its third disaster. It started Sunday morning with yet another Boko Haram suicide bomb attack against a church. The numbers killed varies between 12 and 15 and many more injured … read more »

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On Nigeria Air Crash

June 6, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

As Nigerians are dropping dead from air crashes, the roads are claiming more daily due to badly built transportation networks, badly maintained and ill fitted transportation vehicles and motor cycles. They say when it rains, it pours. Nigeria is rained … read more »

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Africa still far from achieving safe skies

June 6, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

By John Oyuke Air travel is essential to the African economies, but to exploit aviation’s full potential it must be safe. That is why aviation safety in the continent continues to cause grave concern for all the stakeholders involved in … read more »

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Nigeria: Dana Airline Management Flees

June 6, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

As Dana Air’s woes continue to mount over its plane that crashed on Sunday in Lagos, its senior managers of Indian nationality have reportedly fled the country as Nigerian aviation officials investigate the cause of the crash. LEADERSHIP gathered that … read more »

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Nigeria crash toll likely to be 159 – state government

June 6, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

  A plane crash in Nigeria’s commercial capital of Lagos is likely to have killed six people in the building that the airliner struck, bringing the toll from Nigeria’s worst airline disaster for two decades to 159, the Lagos state … read more »

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Lagos shock at fatal Nigeria air crash

June 6, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

The day after one of Nigeria’s worst air crashes, workmen at the site of this crowded residential area of Lagos have been busy pulling out the charred debris. Huge cranes have moved in to shift the scattered, twisted pieces of … read more »

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Patience Jonathan is not responsible for Dana crash – Presidency

June 5, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

The Presidency on Tuesday reacted to rumours making round via social media about the possible cause of last Sunday Dana plane crash in Lagos citing VIP movement involving Dame Patience Jonathan, wife of Nigeria’s president. A Dana MD-83 airplane crashed … read more »

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Two Sisters from Missouri City among victims in Nigeria plane crash

June 4, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

LAGOS, Nigeria – Two sisters from the Houston area were among the 153 people killed in a plane crash in Nigeria Sunday. The airliner went down in a densely populated area of Lagos, crashing into buildings and apartments. Everyone onboard … read more »

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S.Africa: President Zuma sends condolences to Nigeria

June 4, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

President Jacob Zuma sent condolences to Nigeria after more than 150 people were feared dead in a plane crash, the department of international relations said on Monday. “We join the government and the people of Nigeria in mourning this tragic … read more »

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Four die in Ivory Coast plane crash: sources

November 15, 2011 by benim

A small plane crashed in western Ivory Coast on Monday, killing four people on board — an Ivorian and three white foreigners — a hospital source and a local cocoa trader in the area told Reuters. A senior official at … read more »

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Pilot errors outlined in 2009 Air France crash

July 30, 2011 by benim

The crew piloting a doomed Air France jet over the Atlantic did not realize the plane was in a stall, were insufficiently trained in flying manually, and never informed the passengers that anything was wrong before they plunged into the … read more »

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Morocco plane crash: No survivors

July 27, 2011 by benim

Rabat – Hospital and military sources say there were no survivors in an accident that occurred after a military transport plane slammed into a mountainside in bad weather in Morocco. All 80 people on board were killed in the crash … read more »

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Morocco plane crash: 78 killed, says army

July 26, 2011 by benim

RABAT – A military transport plane slammed into a mountainside in bad weather in southern Morocco on Tuesday, killing all 80 people on board, hospital and military sources said. The army said 78 people were killed on the spot and … read more »

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Passenger plane crashed DRCongo

July 8, 2011 by benim

A passenger plane crashed Friday on its way from Congo’s capital to a northeastern city, the airline’s chief said, the latest of several crashes that have plagued the country’s largest airline. Stavros Papaioannou, the chairman and CEO of Hewa Bora … read more »

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Briton, Nigerian die in plane crash in Nigeria

May 24, 2011 by benim

KADUNA, Nigeria – A Briton and a Nigerian were killed in a fire after their plane crash-landed in north-central Nigeria, authorities said Tuesday. The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority says both unnamed passengers, a pilot and a senior engineer, were killed … read more »

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Cargo plane crashes into Congo city, casualties unclear

March 21, 2011 by benim

A cargo plane crashed Monday into a residential area of Pointe-Noire, the Republic of Congo’s economic capital, officials and witnesses told AFP, but the number of casualties was unclear. Residents saw ambulances heading to the scene of the accident but … read more »

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Iran: Investigation begins into crash that killed at least 77 during emergency landing (VIDEO)

January 10, 2011 by benim

Iran has begun investigating a passenger plane crash in the north-west of the country that killed at least 77 people. The IranAir Boeing 727, carrying 105 passengers and crew, was traveling from Tehran to Orumiyeh, the capital of West Azerbaijan … read more »

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Plane with 95 on board crashes in Iran

January 9, 2011 by benim

TEHRAN, Iran – An IranAir passenger jet crashed Sunday in the country’s northwest, breaking the aircraft into several pieces. Around half of the 95 people on board survived with light injuries, but heavy snow hampered rescue efforts, Iranian media reported. … read more »

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Plane crash kills 22 in southern Pakistan

November 5, 2010 by benim

KARACHI, Pakistan – A small, private plane chartered to an oil company crashed near the airport in Pakistan’s largest city Friday after the pilot warned of engine trouble, killing all 22 people on board, officials said. The crash was the … read more »

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DR Congo: Crocodile caused plane crash, Killed 20

October 22, 2010 by benim

A plane crash in Democratic Republic of Congo that killed 20 people on board was caused by a crocodile hidden in a bag on the flight, a media report said here Friday. British co-pilot Chris Wilson was among 20 people … read more »

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