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wales: Several hours after the Dana plane crashed in Iju, Lagos, killing about 185 people, three children aged 11, nine and seven, are still searching for their parents yesterday, wailing. The Dana aircraft crashed into their two-storey building after developing fault midair in the Lagos suburb. Four houses were destroyed when the plane landed on them.

Amid sobs, Joel, 11, Esther, nine, and seven-year-old Chisom Okwuchukwu, were at the crash site yesterday frantically searching for their parents with nobody taking care of them until Governor Babatunde Fashola intervened.

Joel told our correspondent that their parents sent them on errand, only for them to come back and met their home being razed by the ill fated Dana aircraft, which crashed into it. They have not located their parents since then.

Joel said they slept in the house of a Good Samaritan on the night of the incident, wailing that they had not seen their parents since the incident happened. According to him, their father had asked him and Chisom to look for Esther, who was sent to fetch an electrician from the neighbourhood but had not returned.

Joel said since Esther was not forthcoming, their father asked them to look for her, pointing out that it was while they were coming with Esther that the incident occurred. Confused, the children said they could only remember the name of one of their uncles in Abuja, who is called Tony Okechukwu.

Meanwhile, Governor Fashola immediately took custody of the children by taking them to the Lagos State House, Ikeja, pending when a relative of theirs would be found. Fashola said government would take care of the children, saying they were fully protected . A Help Line – 08023414111 – was also opened at the Lagos State Television (LTV), on Lateef Jakande Road, Ikeja, to enable anybody, who knows the children, including their uncle, Tony Okwuchukwu, to contact the state government with sufficient proof for a possible reunion with their parents and relations.

The governor, who spoke with journalists after inspection of the crash site said: “My sympathy and condolences go to all of the victims and their families. It is really hard, finding words to express our pain and grief here but our condolences go out to the families of the bereaved and friends and relations, ordinary people, trying to earn a living end up so tragically and the families of young Nigerians whose lives had been cut short.”

“It is a very traumatic and painful experience but we condole with the management and staff of Dana Air and we want to commend the first responder, the fire service, LASEMA, NEMA and Red Cross for the support received.”

The governor, who appealed to the media and other people thronging the crash site to allow rescue operations take place, noted that it was not a tourist site. “It is an investigation site and we should keep our distance and allow the first responder to do their work. The difference between whether anybody would have survived or not is a question of how quickly they can get to that person and we should not be in the way of the first responder when they come to this kind of site,” he added.

http://www.sunnewsonline.com/national/article/we%E2%80%99re-looking-our-dad-and-mom

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A survivors story
PWOJ: I was on this same dana plane 23 may. It was delayed from take off from mm2, I saw the Philippine mechanics with buckets draining out hydraulic fluid under the left side under carriage tyre mechanism, a part was taken out but not replaced, yet we were told to board. I told the flight supervisor my name that am an aerospace sys engr and am concerned at the operational state of the plane, the guy told me to see the pilot, I did, he was a Caribbean decent capt & nw zealand asian looking co pilot, he confirmed work was done and asked how I knew, I said I saw it from d windows of the airport and the part was not replaced that I aslo saw the mechanics Philippine & indian guys under the plane, he told me don't worry if its not ok we won't fly. I pinged my family and friends of wot I saw and the names of the people I spoke to. Should anything happen as well as asking that the plane is taken off but am just a simple powerless passenger. We landed and the pilot waited at d door to shake me as to say I told u. Sadly this plane wasn't taken off service to sort out the hydraulic leak or landing gear problem because it was still making money for indians in Dana, now Dana plane has killed my friend Ehime, levy & ijeamaka & 150 others. All because they refused a simple precaution advice over their financial wants. My story can be checked from dana airline/mm2 logs. May God burn you all in Dana.
PLS Send this to mr president governors senators reps nigerians &even to people selling Dana products anywhere before its covered up

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