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The DANA Plane Was Unable To Make An Emergency Landing Due To Airspace Closure by Paentera(m): 10:50am On Jun 05, 2012
Is there any way of getting confirmation about news I'm just getting that the Dana plane was distressed for a while but could not make an emergency landing because the airspace was closed for 2 hours for - the Presidential Jet carrying Dame Patience Goodluck Jonathan.

Private jet owners who had to hover in the air same time leaked this. This was apparently the reason local news didn't report the crash for so long till CNN and foreign news stations started reporting it.

Local news was 'blacked out' trying to kill the story of the airspace being closed while a distressed plane couldn't land.

It would be shocking if so. Though there was engine failure there was still time for the plane to have landed apparently.

You do know anyway that the airspace is closed for up to 2hours each time the Presidential Jet needs to go into the air. 2 hours for a 15minute takeoff or landing!

And this jet is used by President, VP, President's wife and if I recall David Mark.

It's almost a daily occurrence I've been told by airline staff.
Re: The DANA Plane Was Unable To Make An Emergency Landing Due To Airspace Closure by coalcoal1(m): 11:07am On Jun 05, 2012
are u sure about this?
if this is really true, i hope it won't be swept under the carpet
Re: The DANA Plane Was Unable To Make An Emergency Landing Due To Airspace Closure by Demdem(m): 11:24am On Jun 05, 2012
i wont be surprise if its true.
However, its on record that the pilot did send a distress signal before the eventual crash.
Re: The DANA Plane Was Unable To Make An Emergency Landing Due To Airspace Closure by Nobody: 11:56am On Jun 05, 2012
Jeez.....

A distress or mayday call from any aircraft in the sky under the scope of the Air Traffic Control is instantly given ALPHA priority.

Please kindly put that hogwash of a story somewhere else.

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Re: The DANA Plane Was Unable To Make An Emergency Landing Due To Airspace Closure by wesley80(m): 12:01pm On Jun 05, 2012
@OP, If only u werent 9yrs old, u wldav questioned why a pilot with his plane about to crash and the life of over a hundred souls in his care wld choose to cycle endlessly in the sky just to respect some silly protocol.

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Re: The DANA Plane Was Unable To Make An Emergency Landing Due To Airspace Closure by CyberG: 12:19pm On Jun 05, 2012
Nothing can be put past the retardeen Odechukwuebele and his unbelleelra wife! Hope they won't kill the real truth! In the meantime, watch the deranged corrupt dogs defend their clueless master.
Re: The DANA Plane Was Unable To Make An Emergency Landing Due To Airspace Closure by Nobody: 12:40pm On Jun 05, 2012
CyberG: Nothing can be put past the retardeen Odechukwuebele and his unbelleelra wife! Hope they won't kill the real truth! In the meantime, watch the deranged corrupt dogs defend their clueless master.

Cyber gangstar, menh you are more sensible than this, A pilot will choose to crash, kill himself and other just because of some silly protocol not that he even had a Gun on his head by a terrorrist. Then if it is true that man need to brought back to life and flog the hell out of him angry

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Re: The DANA Plane Was Unable To Make An Emergency Landing Due To Airspace Closure by Pukkah: 12:50pm On Jun 05, 2012
For now, this remains a speculation; a wild one for that matter.
Re: The DANA Plane Was Unable To Make An Emergency Landing Due To Airspace Closure by aspen2x: 12:57pm On Jun 05, 2012
As wild as the speculation is... Illd like us to ask some questions, get some answers then conclude. How long was the plane hovering in the air for? At what time did the pilot send the distress call? At what time the the plane leave its destination, what time was it supposed to land and what was the time of the crash? These questions if correctly answered will debunk any wild claims.
Kind regards my people.
Re: The DANA Plane Was Unable To Make An Emergency Landing Due To Airspace Closure by ebamma(m): 12:58pm On Jun 05, 2012
all animals are equal but some are more equal than others.
Re: The DANA Plane Was Unable To Make An Emergency Landing Due To Airspace Closure by Nobody: 1:25pm On Jun 05, 2012
What I find despicable is the fact that some people/groups are out to score cheap political points with this tragedy. angryangryangry
Why would the pilot hover for hours because of dame. What I suspect, like most people, was the pilot lost control of the plane after the failure of both engines of the plane. He was probably hoping to salvage as much as he could by crash-landing but unfortunately.....
Please let's apply wisdom while assimilating information.
Re: The DANA Plane Was Unable To Make An Emergency Landing Due To Airspace Closure by ITbomb(m): 1:52pm On Jun 05, 2012
It is unfortunate when people believe every trash they see cos it bears Goodluck Jonathan.
My opinion have always been ; To have a clueless President would require a large number of fools as citizens

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Re: The DANA Plane Was Unable To Make An Emergency Landing Due To Airspace Closure by HAH: 2:24pm On Jun 05, 2012
Planes are meant to land in water and Lagos is is filled with lagoon, a professional pilot will head toward the lagoon remember the New york bay landing?

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Re: The DANA Plane Was Unable To Make An Emergency Landing Due To Airspace Closure by Nobody: 2:33pm On Jun 05, 2012
Regardless of whether the following account (culled from a different web site) is anything other than mere conjecture, it is time we have a mature debate on what constitutes acceptable practice in our aviation industry.

The truth remains that the President's wife was actually in Lagos to attend the christening of their personal assistant's child at the Oriental hotel.. Lekki. Anyone living on the Lekki axis saw first hand the horrendous traffic caused by the president's wife's visit..and confirmed reports from airport staff who volunteered information, collaborated this fact, that the Lagos airport was actually shut for 2 hours, about the same time the ill fated Dana Plane crashed. This also strongly explains the reason why Aero contractor airplane could not depart Abuja for Lagos at 3:40pm because of the closure of the Lagos airport. This is criminal and one can only imagine the deep sorrow ad-in-finitum (without limit) that the families of these unfortunate Nigerians and other nationals are currently plagued into. Grief that is so thick in the air, that one can cut through with a knife...rooted soul searching. Yes we have to and yes we can; beginning from our immediate homes and While we pray for the repose of the souls of the departed, we need as a nation to thoroughly do some deep ommunities.. with time this will snowball into our National consciousness. For how long are we going to sacrifice the lives of our dear brothers and sisters and by extension mortgage the future of their/our children, just for the comfort of our leaders? For a 15 minutes ritual of plane take-off, an airport was shut for 2 hours because our "DEAR FIRST LADY" was scheduled to return to Abuja.. OH merciful God, help Nigeria in Distress!''

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Re: The DANA Plane Was Unable To Make An Emergency Landing Due To Airspace Closure by Addictive(f): 3:54pm On Jun 05, 2012
If this is true then its so unfortunate, may all those involved in this act never recover from this act they caused. Earlier in the year, i had read the prophesy from TB Joshua concerning the crash, he said it would be caused by human error and now.......... God should comfort these families as its such a great loss of resource people that would have change the face of Nigeria businesses. For my friends and mentors who died..... The Anyene's Family, Charles Ntuko, Chris Okocha and Tosin Anibaba..... Eternal Rest grant unto them o' Lord!
Re: The DANA Plane Was Unable To Make An Emergency Landing Due To Airspace Closure by Demdem(m): 4:02pm On Jun 05, 2012
ITbomb: It is unfortunate when people believe every trash they see cos it bears Goodluck Jonathan.
My opinion have always been ; To have a clueless President would require a large number of fools as citizens

Of cos, the over 22million that voted for him nau.
Re: The DANA Plane Was Unable To Make An Emergency Landing Due To Airspace Closure by CyberG: 7:47pm On Jun 05, 2012
CHESSBOARD:

Cyber gangstar, menh you are more sensible than this, A pilot will choose to crash, kill himself and other just because of some silly protocol not that he even had a Gun on his head by a terrorrist. Then if it is true that man need to brought back to life and flog the hell out of him angry

FOOTBOARD...stepped over all the time after selling his soul to the devil: Why not wait a few days and see what story comes out? We know you are desperate to cover-up your useless, clueless president!
Re: The DANA Plane Was Unable To Make An Emergency Landing Due To Airspace Closure by Nobody: 9:09pm On Jun 05, 2012
The official reaction...

Dana plane crash: Presidency denies links to First Lady
Abuja (WorldStage Newsonline)-- The office of the first lady has refuted the story making the rounds about the possible cause of the Sunday air crash involving Dana air in which 153 passengers lost their lives.

VIP movement involving the wife of the President, Dame Patience Jonathan was adduced for last Sunday air crash.

The plane according to the rumour being peddled crashed because the airspace was closed for the First Lady’s movement in Lagos.

But the presidency said the first lady's movement had nothing to do with the crash, saying that the First Lady arrived Lagos at about 2pm on Saturday, 2nd June, 2012 for a private engagement and was billed to leave for Abuja on Monday, 4th June, 2012.

According to a statement signed by Mr. Ayo Osinlu, Special Assistant to the President, Office of the First Lady linking Mrs Jonathan to the incident was therefore callous, inhuman and devilish.

"Our attention has been drawn to the orchestrated plan to politicize the Sunday Dana Air crash in Lagos in which many people lost their lives, through rumours about the possible cause of the accident citing VIP movement involving the wife of the President.

"We consider it callous, inhuman and devilish for anyone to have thought of wrapping such national calamity in political garb by insinuating that the plane crashed because the airspace was closed for the First Lady’s movement in Lagos.

"For the avoidance of doubt, the First Lady arrived Lagos at about 2pm on Saturday, 2nd June, 2012 for a private engagement and was billed to leave for Abuja on Monday, 4th June, 2012.In compliance with her itinerary, the First Lady arrived Lagos on Saturday.

She was at a public event on Sunday when the accident occurred and promptly abandoned the ceremony as a mark of respect for the victims and retired to the State House, Marina. She left Lagos at exactly 13.15hrs on Monday, 4th June, 2012, according to schedule.

"It is therefore surprising that some mischievous persons will see this moment of National mourning as an opportunity to blackmail and impugn the First Lady’s integrity.

"This is the time for all Nigerians to be sober and pray for the repose of the souls of the victims and not a time to subordinate the interests of our nation to narrow self-serving interests.

"Let us all put the interest of the Nation first in whatever we do.

Mrs. Jonathan had no intention to travel on Sunday and never did. Like all Nigerians, she has been mourning the dead," the statement reads.
Source
Re: The DANA Plane Was Unable To Make An Emergency Landing Due To Airspace Closure by tpia5: 9:13pm On Jun 05, 2012
Seriously, i have nothing against the woman personally, but the killings and murders associated with this regime are something else. Is it every regime that's like this?
Re: The DANA Plane Was Unable To Make An Emergency Landing Due To Airspace Closure by BlackBaron: 9:15pm On Jun 05, 2012
The aircraft's blackbox has been recovered unlike in previous crashes.

At the commencement of the investigation, we would probably have more details about what transpired onboard the flight.

Until then, this sounds like wild allegations...

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