Dana Air unfit to fly – Keyamo

Festus Keyamo, the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development has revealed Dana Air has been flying with an unhealthy status for a while now.

According to him, an audit report carried out by his predecessor confirmed the airline’s unhealthy status.

Keyamo made this known in an interview on Channels TV monitored by MyNigeria.

He noted the report declared Dana Air unfit to fly adding that the consistent incident experienced by the airline called for the suspension.

Replying to the criticisms that trailed the suspension, Keyamo said he never wrote to the airline but instructed the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, to do so.

“Before I came into office, I am sure you have heard consistent incidents involving perhaps Dana Airline, to mention a few of them. I am sure you heard that, at a point, on approach to the runway, the door flew open.

“I am sure you know that popular incident. Who are the engineers that are supposed to look at this? Who are the engineers that are supposed to check for the safety of the aircraft and its parts?

“There are also incidents involving one or two of its aircraft at different times, consistent. Of course, after the fatal crash of Dana, the other time that killed Nigerians,” he said.