Dana Air didn’t crash land – NCAA
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, has described rumours that an airplane operated by Dana Air crash landed at the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos on Tuesday, as false.
According to the aviation regulator, what happened was a ‘runway excursion’.
NCAA said the incident, which affected a McDonald Douglas (MD-83) with registration 5N-BKI was a serious incident, but added that it was not an accident.
Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, NCAA, Mr Mike Achimugu, in a chat with Vanguard, also said officials of the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau, NSIB, were on ground to investigate the incident.
Achimugu said: “Even the images would prove that it was a runway excursion. It is called a ‘serious incident’ and not even an accident. There was no crash landing. The statutory agency for investigating incidents like this is the NSIB and they are on ground.”