The chairman of the Technical and Administrative Panel that investigated Dana Airlines, Group Captain John Obakpolor has backed the return of the airline’s license noting that his panel cleared the airlines on technical and administrative grounds. He said no investigation has been able to
reveal why the aircraft lost both engines in a
journey of less than 1hour. Captain Obakpolor was speaking Channels
Television’s flagship programme News @ Ten,
on Thursday. He backed the return of the airline’s license
noting that his panel cleared the airlines on
technical and administrative grounds. He said no investigation has been able to
reveal why the aircraft lost both engines in a
journey of less than one hour. He said “The airline was asked to go back and
continue its operation because there was
nothing wrong with the machine… that is the
aircraft, contrary to what people where
peddling around” He added that “Nobody toady know what
happened to the aircraft because it is very
difficult to believe that two engines flame out
simultaneously in a journey of less than one
hour because that aircraft has a certificate
of operation”. He blamed major air mishaps on human errors
noting that the Dana Air plane that crashed
suffered the same fate. Obakpolor, standing his ground that it was a
human error, likened the aircraft to a brand
new vehicle being driven by a driver who,
instead of stepping on the brake, mistakenly
steps on the accelerator and crashes the car. He termed as “speculations” claims by
employees of the Airline that called to say the
aircraft was faulty. He said as ground staff, they lack the technical knowledge to
ascertain the faulty state of the plane.
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