Dana Airline Cannot Resume Opeartions Now Until we are sure its Safe

 Almost three months after Dana Air’s flight 0992 crashed in a suburb of Lagos killing 163 people, the workers of the airline and others have started clamouring for the restoration of its operational licence.

However, they may have to wait for a while as the Ministry of Aviation explained Sunday that the Federal Government is in not in a hurry to review the suspension of the airline’s licence.

Special Adviser (Media) to the Minister of Aviation, Joe Obi, said the Federal Government was yet to lift the suspension on the airline because it has to ensure that it would maintain a safe operation whenever it resumes service.

“We want to make sure that every aircraft in their fleet is air worthy. The suspension will be lifted. But I recall that when the crash happened, everybody was shouting ban them; ban them. Now people are saying lift the suspension. We want to be sure that by the time they come back, they will operate safely. We are carrying out checks and we will not be stampeded,” he added.

Obi also said those clamouring for the airline’s return should allow the professionals to do their jobs because there are other safety considerations that must come into play.

“Such safety issues must not be subsumed. We want to make sure that any aircraft in Nigeria’s airspace is safe. The most important thing is that no mishap will happen again, so we have to prevent that,” he said.

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