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Momodou
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 Posted - 03 Jun 2012 : 20:32:06
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A sad tragedy.
More than 140 on plane that crashes in Nigeria
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - A passenger plane carrying between 140 and 150 people crashed in Nigeria's largest city on Sunday, officials said. Firefighters pulled at least one body from a building that was damaged by the crash and searched for survivors as several charred corpses could be seen in the rubble. Casualty figures were not yet known, said Lagos state emergency manager Femi Oke-Osanyinpolu. An...
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Momodou
Denmark
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Posted - 04 Jun 2012 : 09:53:40
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Recent major airplane crashes in Nigeria
A look at recent major airline crashes in Nigeria: -June 3: A Dana Air flight from Abuja to Lagos crashes killing all 153 people on board and an unknown number of people on the ground. Investigators have begun looking into the cause. -Oct. 29, 2006: An Aviation Development Co. flight from Abuja to Sokoto crashes, killing 96 people, including the top spiritual leader for the nation's Muslims. The p...
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Momodou
Denmark
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Posted - 04 Jun 2012 : 10:02:14
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Another crash in Ghana a day before the one in Nigeria.
Investigation starts on cargo plane crash in Ghana
 ACCRA, Ghana (AP) - Officials opened an investigation into the Boeing 727 cargo plane that crashed at Ghana's international airport killing at least 10 people after it slammed through a fence and onto a nearby street, the country's transit company said Sunday. Doreen Owusu Fianko, the chief executive of the Ghana Airport Co., said the group has discounted airport equipment failure as one of the ca...
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Karamba
United Kingdom
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Posted - 04 Jun 2012 : 13:54:44
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| Cool quick money for grab, level of endangering whole population of travel public at very high risk. Greed on part of those tycoons lead to this scale danger to public travel safety. |
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Momodou
Denmark
11740 Posts |
Posted - 04 Jun 2012 : 20:24:55
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Lagos plane crash: Nigeria leader in air safety promise
4 June 2012
Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan has said there will never be a repeat of Sunday's fatal Lagos plane crash, promising improvements to air safety.
He was speaking as he visited the crash site where rescue workers are still trying to retrieve bodies.
All 153 people on board, and an unknown number on the ground, were killed.
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Momodou
Denmark
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Posted - 05 Jun 2012 : 14:23:06
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May his soul rest in peace. Sincere condolences to the family.
Ex-GPA MD dies in Lagos plane crash
By Hatab Fadera
Tuesday, June 05, 2012
An ex-managing director of the Gambia Ports Authority (GPA) was among the 153 passengers that died in Sunday’s plane crash in Lagos, Nigeria.
Family sources confirmed to Daily Observer Monday afternoon that Ibrahima D.K Janganna, best known as Baye Ebou, who by the time of his death was serving in the international arena as a ports or maritime specialist, was on his way from Abuja to Liberia when the McDonnell Douglas MD-83 ploughed into a printing works and residential buildings in Lagos before bursting into flames. The airliner, operated by Lagos-based Company Dana Air, had flown in from the Nigerian capital, Abuja, when it crashed and burst into flames.
Meanwhile, the Daily Observer visited the bereaved family Monday afternoon and met scores of sympathisers converged on the compound of the late Janganna to express their heartfelt condolences to the said family in this trying moment. “My late brother was a friend, brother and a father to everyone regardless of age,” Muhammeh Janganna, a brother to the deceased said in a somber-looking mood. Meanwhile, Fatoumata Janganna, daughter of the deceased who was speaking with a heavy heart described his father’s demise as “unexpected”. “He was an amazing person and a great role model,” she added.
About the deceased
The late Ibrahima D.K Janganna, born May 29, 1953 in Brikama, West Coast Region, was a professional maritime expert who joined the Gambia Ports Authority sometime in the 1970s and rose through the ranks to the position of a managing director before leaving in 2002. He left for Lome, Togo the same year to set up an Eco-Marine International Shipping Company together with other partners where he served as its director general. In 2008, Janganna moved to CPCS, a Canadian firm running projects in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria. Until his untimely death in Sunday’s plane crash, the late Janganna was working with this company that commenced work on a project to reform the Liberian port sector. The company is an international infrastructure development firm specialising in private sector participation in transport, power, and urban sectors. An Ottawa, Ontario-based company, CPCS operates in more than 80 countries worldwide, particularly in Africa and Southeast Asia.
Baye Ebou as commonly called got his Masters in Maritime from the World Maritime University in Malmo, Sweden, and he was an executive member of the Sumpookhaati Sarahulleh Society. He was also a member of the mosque committee in Kotu, where he resides. He is survived by a wife and six children.
Similar incident
It would be recalled that two Gambians also died in a plane crash in the Federal Republic of Nigeria about seven years ago. The late Sheriff Conteh and Ebrima Njie, who boarded the domestic flight, were both staff of Trust Bank Limited.
The plane crash
Meanwhile, reports monitored by the Daily Observer indicated that the pilots reported engine trouble before the Dana Air jetliner crashed into businesses and crowded apartment buildings near Lagos’ Murtala Muhammed International Airport, the worst air disaster in Nigeria in nearly two decades. Two years ago, the same Boeing MD-83 had loss of engine power due to a bird strike, according to an aviation database. The cause of the crash remains unclear.
The director-general of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, Harold Demuren, said the Nigerian registration number of the plane was 5NRAM. Aviation databases show the plane was exported to Nigeria in early 2009. It was first delivered in 1990 with the U.S. registration number N944AS to Alaska Airlines and it suffered two minor incidents while in the Seattle-based airline’s service, according to databases of the Federal Aviation Administration and the Aviation Safety Network. On Nov. 2, 2002, the plane made an emergency diversion due to smoke and electrical smell in the cabin, and on Aug. 20, 2006, the plane was evacuated after landing at Long Beach, California because of smoke in the passenger cabin.
On April 19, 2010, the plane made an emergency landing at Lagos due to loss of engine power after a bird strike following takeoff, according to the Aviation Safety Network. The aircraft appeared to have come down Sunday on its belly onto the dense neighbourhood that sits along the typical approach path taken by aircraft heading into Lagos’ Murtala Muhammed International Airport. The plane tore through roofs, sheared a mango tree and rammed into a woodworking studio, a printing press and at least two apartment buildings before stopping. The plane was heading to Lagos from Abuja, the capital, when it went down.
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toubab1020
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Posted - 05 Jun 2012 : 14:42:11
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"Doreen Owusu Fianko, the chief executive of the Ghana Airport Co., said the group has discounted airport equipment failure as one of the causes of the crash. She said they were open to outside help on the investigation.
"We would not hesitate to seek external assistance to unravel the cause and to take lessons from that," she said.
This woman is not suited for the position that she holds,why? how on earth can she, an administrator,(most probably),know why the crash occoured so soon after the event ? before skilled air crash investigators (her final words seem to indicate that there are no air crash investigators in the country) have finished their investigations into the technical and human involvement that has to be carried out before the TRUE cause can be established? Its just not possible.
Judging from the televised reports that I have seen the rescue workers MAY have unwittingly damaged valuable evidence held within the wreckage in their zeal to locate human remains.May those who have died in both of these disasters rest in peace,my condolences to all the families who have suffered a tragic loss from these events.
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Originally posted by Momodou
Another crash in Ghana a day before the one in Nigeria.
Investigation starts on cargo plane crash in Ghana
ACCRA, Ghana (AP) - Officials opened an investigation into the Boeing 727 cargo plane that crashed at Ghana's international airport killing at least 10 people after it slammed through a fence and onto a nearby street, the country's transit company said Sunday. Doreen Owusu Fianko, the chief executive of the Ghana Airport Co., said the group has discounted airport equipment failure as one of the ca...
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"Simple is good" & I strongly dislike politics. You cannot defend the indefensible.
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Momodou
Denmark
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Posted - 05 Jun 2012 : 14:45:20
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| Toubab, I agree. That statement is too early.. |
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toubab1020
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Posted - 05 Jun 2012 : 14:52:36
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That was quick Momodou 
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Toubab, I agree. That statement is too early..
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"Simple is good" & I strongly dislike politics. You cannot defend the indefensible.
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