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Dana Airline Catches Fire During Take Off In Port Harcourt Airport [VIDEO]

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Dana Airline Catches Fire

A Dana Airlines flight caught fire as it was about to take off from Port Harcourt International Airport.

Infoexpert24 reports that the Dana Airline fire incident occurred on Monday evening at the Port Harcourt airport.

According to the airline’s spokesman, Kingsley Ezenwa, the pilot took immediate safety procedures and helped passengers disembark calmly, avoiding any injuries.

At the time of filing this report, the Airline has given a statement that read:

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Press statement on Port Harcourt Incident of 2/5/22’ said the aircraft had been grounded pending the conclusion of their investigations.

It partly read, “Our aircraft with registration number 5N JOY operating flight 9J 344 from Port Harcourt to Lagos on 2nd of May 2022, was set to take off when the pilot in command noticed an anomaly which he queried with the Air Traffic Control before embarking on a ramp return in line with our strict safety operating procedures

“However, the impact on the brakes as a result of the aborted takeoff affected the aircraft tires which sparked off while the aircraft was taxiing to repark

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“All 50 passengers on board the aircraft disembarked safely and our maintenance team has immediately grounded the aircraft pending the conclusion of their investigations.

“Once again, we sincerely apologize to all the passengers on the flight for the inconveniences caused due to the eventual cancellation of the flight.”

The Nigerian civil airspace has maintained a relatively safe record for about a decade now which has increased passengers’ confidence in air travel. The last air crash in the country involving a commercial airplane was in June 2012 when a Dana Air MD-83 aircraft from Abuja crashed near the Lagos airport while attempting an emergency landing, killing all 153 souls on board and six on the ground.

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