La ruta aérea mas utilizada en Nigeria es
sin duda Lagos – Abuja, y la tragedia que paso la semana pasada fue justamente
en esta ruta, generalmente los fines de semana existen muchas celebraciones de
matrimonios o cumpleaños donde gente de Abuja viaja a Lagos o de Lagos viajan a
Abuja, este fin de semana no fue la excepción, donde familias enteras y gente
en general viajo en esta ruta, toda esta gente bastante VIP, por lo que la caída
de este avión en cima de estas torres de departamentos causo una repercusión bastante
grande en la gente aquí en Lagos. Nosotros tenemos muchos conocidos que perdieron
a amigos o familiares en esta tragedia y están a parte de muy dolidos muy
enojados con la empresa aérea que tiene un alto grado de culpa en el accidente.
Muchos rumores han corrido de las causas
del accidente, primero que el avión nunca debió haber salido del aeropuerto ya
que se encontraba en muy mal estado y que difícilmente podría despegar, incluso
hace una semana salió una publicación en un diario hablando del mismo avión que
apenas y pudo realizar el mismo trayecto solo una semana antes, pero la culpa
no es solo de DANA airlines sino que de todas las autoridades y del país en
general, ya que como todas las cosas aquí con un poco de nairas se coima a las
autoridades para que le den los permisos para volar aviones viejos y en mal
estados, peor aun se pasan nairas para falsificar o dejar pasar los informes de
mantenimientos que muchas veces dejan volar aviones que debieran ser puestos en
museos….. Pero este no es el único rumor que corre, también ahora se especula
que el avión habría solicitado un aterrizaje de emergencia que hubiese podido
lograrlo de no ser que el aeropuerto estuviera cerrado por DOS horas ya que el avión
del presidente debía salir con la señora de este hacia un lugar en Nigeria…. Nadie
entiende primero que el aeropuerto tenga que estar cerrado por dos horas y
menos que no se deje hacer un aterrizaje de emergencia debido a que el avión del
presidente va a despegar en mas de una hora……
Sobre la empresa DANA airlines hay que
mencionar que es uno del os grupos económicos mas grandes del país, son unos hindús
que llevan en el país varias generaciones haciendo negocios en muchas
industrias sobre todo en la alimentación también electrónicos autos y por
supuesto línea aérea. Como mucha gente importante iba en este vuelo también se
especula que la gran mayoría de los gerentes y dueños de la empresa habrían
tomado un vuelo a Dubái ya que temen por su seguridad, y por lo que he
escuchado fue una buena medida ya que aquí hay mucha gente loca con mucho poder
y fácilmente podrían darle muy fuerte a este grupo económico……
Que lastima que se hable tan poco de las personas que murieron en estos edificios de departamentos, que sin duda fueron mas muertes que las del avión pero como eran pobre y sobre todo por que aqui la vida del pobre vale nada en comparación con las de los que tienen dinero las noticias van mas por el lado de las muertes de los VIP y como compensar a esta gente para que no afecte tanto el negocio de el grupo DANA.
Hay muchas fotos pero hay unas que son muy crudas por eso pongo solamente estas, pero refleja el tamaño de la tragedia vivida aqui
Hay muchas noticias dando vueltas aquí hay
un par de las mas importantes
We were forced to fly the faulty plane - Dana Air official
An official of Dana
Airlines who called into Channels Television anonymously confirmed to the
station that the ill-fated Dana plane had persistent history of faults with its
hydraulics in recent times and it was not supposed to have flown. She said the
plane was faulty after it left Lagos and stopped in Calabar. She alleged that
the Indian owners of the airline threw caution to the wind and insisted that
the plane must fly in a bid to maximise profit, thereby sending the plane over
to Abuja to pick passengers, when it should have being returned to Lagos for
further repair
The Dana
plane that crashed had history of mechanical problems
The Dana Air MC
Donnell Douglas MD 83, which crashed in Iju-Ishaga, Lagos, on Sunday, has had a
history of mechanical problems even before original owners, US-based Alaska
Airlines, sold it to Dana Airlines on February 17, 2009.
The Aviation Safety Network, an exclusive service of the Air Safety Foundation (ASF), in a statement on Monday, revealed that the ill-fated aircraft was acquired by Alaska Airline in November 13, 1990.
Twelve years later, on November 4, 2002, the aircraft developed mechanical faults and had an emergency diversion due to smoke in the cabin area, which engineers said was because light ballast had over heated.
On August 20, 2006, passengers had to be evacuated after landing at Long Beach, California, due to a chaffed wire bundle that discharged and produced smoke in the cabin area again. Subsequently, Alaska Airlines, on August 21, parked the aircraft until September 11 2008 when it carried out maintenance work on it. Five months after repairs where concluded, on February 2009, Alaska Airlines sold the aircraft, as 5N-RAM, to Dana Airlines.
See, Nigeria is a dumping ground. Americans reject the plane, Indians buy it and bring it to Nigeria, playing with people's lives. Hope some people are arrested for this. Continue reading...
This year, unconfirmed sources at the airline have revealed that the plane has experienced minor faults twice.
On May 23, after passengers had boarded the aircraft, it was allegedly delayed from take-off at the Lagos airport as mechanics discovered some faults and changed the hydraulic fluid under the left side under carriage tyre mechanism.
When Dana Airlines was contacted for their reaction, an official of the carrier, who did not want his name published, said that an official statement would be issued by the company.
The MD-83 was manufactured in 1983, announced go-ahead on January 31, 1983 and had first flight on December 17, 1984. It was a longer range development of the basic MD-81/82 with higher weights, more powerful engines, increased fuel capacity and longer range. It was equipped with slightly more powerful 21,000 1bf Pratt and Whitney JT8D-219s as standard.
The aircraft also had higher operating weights with MTOW increased to 160,000 1b and MLW to 139,500 1b. Typical range for the MD-83 with 155 passengers in around 2,504 nautical miles (4,637km).
The Aviation Safety Network, an exclusive service of the Air Safety Foundation (ASF), in a statement on Monday, revealed that the ill-fated aircraft was acquired by Alaska Airline in November 13, 1990.
Twelve years later, on November 4, 2002, the aircraft developed mechanical faults and had an emergency diversion due to smoke in the cabin area, which engineers said was because light ballast had over heated.
On August 20, 2006, passengers had to be evacuated after landing at Long Beach, California, due to a chaffed wire bundle that discharged and produced smoke in the cabin area again. Subsequently, Alaska Airlines, on August 21, parked the aircraft until September 11 2008 when it carried out maintenance work on it. Five months after repairs where concluded, on February 2009, Alaska Airlines sold the aircraft, as 5N-RAM, to Dana Airlines.
See, Nigeria is a dumping ground. Americans reject the plane, Indians buy it and bring it to Nigeria, playing with people's lives. Hope some people are arrested for this. Continue reading...
This year, unconfirmed sources at the airline have revealed that the plane has experienced minor faults twice.
On May 23, after passengers had boarded the aircraft, it was allegedly delayed from take-off at the Lagos airport as mechanics discovered some faults and changed the hydraulic fluid under the left side under carriage tyre mechanism.
When Dana Airlines was contacted for their reaction, an official of the carrier, who did not want his name published, said that an official statement would be issued by the company.
The MD-83 was manufactured in 1983, announced go-ahead on January 31, 1983 and had first flight on December 17, 1984. It was a longer range development of the basic MD-81/82 with higher weights, more powerful engines, increased fuel capacity and longer range. It was equipped with slightly more powerful 21,000 1bf Pratt and Whitney JT8D-219s as standard.
The aircraft also had higher operating weights with MTOW increased to 160,000 1b and MLW to 139,500 1b. Typical range for the MD-83 with 155 passengers in around 2,504 nautical miles (4,637km).
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