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Near-Crash As Bird Strikes Abuja-Bound Dana Air Plane by Seun(m): 1:01pm On Apr 20, 2010
Passengers on Dana Air's 9am Abuja bound flight from Lagos on Monday escaped a crash after one of the engines of their aircraft witnessed bird strikes some minutes after takeoff.

The aircraft which took off from the Murtala Mohammed Airport 2 (MMA2), Lagos with 97 passengers onboard, had to effect an emergency landing at the international wing of the airport when sparks resulting into smoke emanated from its affected engine.

"Some minutes after we took off from the airport, the captain announced that there was a bird strike and it has affected one of the engines," said Adeleke Babatunde, a passenger onboard the flight.

The situation, which made some residents of Mafoluku, a community close to the airport, run out of their houses in order to avoid casualties, was meticulously controlled by the aircraft pilot who landed the flight 9J 995 plane some minutes after the incident.

"We saw the plane shaking as large smoke came out of its engines and we had to run out for safety," said a resident who gave her name as Uchechi.

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Re: Near-Crash As Bird Strikes Abuja-Bound Dana Air Plane by Nggirl1(f): 1:10pm On Apr 20, 2010
OMG!!!
Thank God for his timely intervention.
He's and On-time God.

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Re: Near-Crash As Bird Strikes Abuja-Bound Dana Air Plane by mendax: 1:23pm On Apr 20, 2010
Thank God
Re: Near-Crash As Bird Strikes Abuja-Bound Dana Air Plane by Igwe9(m): 1:36pm On Apr 20, 2010
Our lord is good!
Re: Near-Crash As Bird Strikes Abuja-Bound Dana Air Plane by hackney(m): 2:07pm On Apr 20, 2010
Thank God.
Thank God o!!.
Thank God
Re: Near-Crash As Bird Strikes Abuja-Bound Dana Air Plane by ilosiwaju: 2:10pm On Apr 20, 2010
Well done to the pilot.
Re: Near-Crash As Bird Strikes Abuja-Bound Dana Air Plane by canuck(m): 2:50pm On Apr 20, 2010
^^^ You bet! The Dana pilot is Nigeria's Capt Sullenberger, the US Airways pilot who landed an aircraft in the Hudson River after a bird strike, saving 155 lives.

Kai! If this happened in North America, that pilot don hammer - million dollar book deals, movies, speaking engagements, etc - just like Sullenberger.

The awesome pilot probably hopped in a kabu-kabu taxi, got home, and couldn't even watch the news coverage as there was no light!  cheesy
Re: Near-Crash As Bird Strikes Abuja-Bound Dana Air Plane by Dclique(m): 2:51pm On Apr 20, 2010
If this continues people may switch to another means of travelling not minding the distance
Re: Near-Crash As Bird Strikes Abuja-Bound Dana Air Plane by canuck(m): 2:59pm On Apr 20, 2010
^^^ Remember Dennis Bergkamp? Former Dutch soccer and Ajax star? You couldn't pay him enough to get on a plane - He drove across Europe for ALL his games! smiley
Re: Near-Crash As Bird Strikes Abuja-Bound Dana Air Plane by yrunvus: 3:16pm On Apr 20, 2010
sweetmadam:

Lucky escape!! It could have been worse had it happened well after take off.





thats not true, planes are designed to fly and land safely with one engine when the other engine malfunctions during take off.
Re: Near-Crash As Bird Strikes Abuja-Bound Dana Air Plane by mrkoma2012: 3:32pm On Apr 20, 2010
thank God no one was hurt
Re: Near-Crash As Bird Strikes Abuja-Bound Dana Air Plane by octar6: 3:36pm On Apr 20, 2010
canuck:

^^^ Remember Dennis Bergkamp? Former Dutch soccer and Ajax star? You couldn't pay him enough to get on a plane - He drove across Europe for ALL his games! smiley
THE TRUTH IS THAT DENNIS BERGKAMP HAD A STONG PHOBIA FOR FLYING THATS Y HE USED OTHER MEANS FOR MOVING AROUND EUROPE WHEN TRAVELLING FOR ENGAGEMENTS.
thankGod sha nothing happened.
Re: Near-Crash As Bird Strikes Abuja-Bound Dana Air Plane by Nobody: 3:36pm On Apr 20, 2010
Than you Lord for your mercies, i know how horrible it feels to be in such a situation ,especially when your job requires a lot of traveling.
The reason i've been worried since Feb cos of too much air traveling(duty call).Can't wait to take my annual leave cheesy next month,
Re: Near-Crash As Bird Strikes Abuja-Bound Dana Air Plane by ZUBBYNWA(m): 3:38pm On Apr 20, 2010
I thank God and Angel Michael for a job welldone
Re: Near-Crash As Bird Strikes Abuja-Bound Dana Air Plane by Nobody: 3:45pm On Apr 20, 2010
God care's for their lives.
Re: Near-Crash As Bird Strikes Abuja-Bound Dana Air Plane by ilosiwaju: 3:51pm On Apr 20, 2010
ZUBBYNWA:

I thank God and Angel Michael for a job welldone
Angel michael ko, angel aliyu ni.
Re: Near-Crash As Bird Strikes Abuja-Bound Dana Air Plane by jokingmary(m): 4:23pm On Apr 20, 2010
canuck:

^^^ You bet! The Dana pilot is Nigeria's Capt Sullenberger, the US Airways pilot who landed an aircraft in the Hudson River after a bird strike, saving 155 lives.

Kai! If this happened in North America, that pilot don hammer - million dollar book deals, movies, speaking engagements, etc - just like Sullenberger.

The awesome pilot probably hopped in a kabu-kabu taxi, got home, and couldn't even watch the news coverage as there was no light! cheesy

Naija for life
hackney:

Thank God.
Thank God o!!.
Thank God

Can't thank Him enough
Re: Near-Crash As Bird Strikes Abuja-Bound Dana Air Plane by vislabraye(m): 4:25pm On Apr 20, 2010
Oh boy thank God nothin happen. If any thing bad had happened, people would have suspect terrorism
Re: Near-Crash As Bird Strikes Abuja-Bound Dana Air Plane by Nobody: 4:30pm On Apr 20, 2010
Nigerians and thanking God. everything thank God! Comon say pilot did what he is suppose to do we are all thankin God! Na wa for Nigerians!
Re: Near-Crash As Bird Strikes Abuja-Bound Dana Air Plane by VOR(m): 4:39pm On Apr 20, 2010
Ng girl:

OMG!!!
Thank God for his timely intervention.
He's and On-time God.

Where was God during the recent air-crash in Russia
which killed 96 people including the Polish president?
Or for that matter, where was he during every other
air-crash that has ever happened?
Re: Near-Crash As Bird Strikes Abuja-Bound Dana Air Plane by Elgaxton(m): 4:42pm On Apr 20, 2010
God be praised for answered prayers
Re: Near-Crash As Bird Strikes Abuja-Bound Dana Air Plane by promise2(f): 4:58pm On Apr 20, 2010
I wonder what would have happened with God's intervention, For this reason I THANK GOD FOR HIS GREAT INTERVENTION.MAY YOUR NAME BE PRAISED.
Re: Near-Crash As Bird Strikes Abuja-Bound Dana Air Plane by babsmii(m): 4:59pm On Apr 20, 2010
something keeps telling me it's a mechanical fault or some other non-challant work attitude and they decided to blame it on bird strike, no one can tell. i might be right and i might not, but we thank God.
Re: Near-Crash As Bird Strikes Abuja-Bound Dana Air Plane by candylips(m): 5:27pm On Apr 20, 2010
very lucky escape
Re: Near-Crash As Bird Strikes Abuja-Bound Dana Air Plane by powerblaze(m): 5:42pm On Apr 20, 2010
thank God. At least this month will conclude without any disaster from naija.
Re: Near-Crash As Bird Strikes Abuja-Bound Dana Air Plane by MUZBO(m): 6:26pm On Apr 20, 2010
These birds just keep trying to kill people. Hope the United States would label the Avian species a terrorist unit so we can all buy avescides n kill 'em all.
Re: Near-Crash As Bird Strikes Abuja-Bound Dana Air Plane by Outstrip(f): 6:34pm On Apr 20, 2010
Thank God
Re: Near-Crash As Bird Strikes Abuja-Bound Dana Air Plane by Rastamann: 6:34pm On Apr 20, 2010
We cannot prevent birds from flying, so bird strike is a common thing. Good Lob, Mr Pilot, keep up the job.
Re: Near-Crash As Bird Strikes Abuja-Bound Dana Air Plane by utosco(m): 6:37pm On Apr 20, 2010
What is "bird strike"?
Re: Near-Crash As Bird Strikes Abuja-Bound Dana Air Plane by Isiokpukpo: 7:17pm On Apr 20, 2010
when a bird strikes,it is called bed strike grin grin grin grin grin grin grin grin
Re: Near-Crash As Bird Strikes Abuja-Bound Dana Air Plane by AYODEJI4LOVE(m): 8:52pm On Apr 20, 2010
In capital letter i say"THANK YOU GOD"for not allowing our green white green to be half cast.truly God is in nigeria

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