Dana Air Flight 0992
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| Incident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 3 June 2012 |
| Site | Lagos, Nigeria 06°34′38″N 003°19′16″E / 6.57722°N 3.32111°E |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | McDonnell Douglas MD-83 |
| Operator | Dana Air |
| Registration | 5N-RAM |
| Flight origin | Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, Nigeria |
| Destination | Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, Nigeria |
| Passengers | 147 |
| Crew | 6 |
| Fatalities | at least 193 (including 40 on the ground)[1] |
| Injuries | unknown |
| Survivors | 0 |
Dana Air Flight 992 was a scheduled commercial passenger flight from Abuja to Lagos, Nigeria that crashed into a furniture works and printing press building in the Iju neighborhood of Lagos near the Murtala Mohammed International Airport on 3 June 2012. The McDonnell Douglas MD-83, operated by Dana Air, was carrying 147 passengers and 6 crew members.[2][3] The head of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority reported that it appeared none of the passengers and crew could have survived.[4] At least forty people on the ground were also killed.
The crash occurred as the crew declared an emergency 11 nautical miles (20 km) from the airport. While approaching RWY 18L for landing,[5] the plane collided with a power line [5]and apparently landed on its belly.[4]
The crash scene reportedly became chaotic, with The Sun reporting that more than 500,000 Lagos residents attempted to approach the site. Crowds attempted to bring hoses to the site while soldiers attempted to disperse onlookers with punches and rubber whips. The onlookers then threw stones at the soldiers in retaliation.[4] Water for firefighting was in short supply for several hours due to the city's dearth of fire trucks, and civilians attempted to fight the fire by hand with water from plastic buckets. Water trucks commandeered from nearby construction projects had difficulties reaching the site due to the neighborhood's narrow roads.[6]
Reactions
Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan declared three days of national mourning. He noted that the accident had "sadly plunged the nation into further sorrow on a day when Nigerians were already in grief over the loss of many other innocent lives in the church bombing in Bauchi state".[4] Jonathan also pledged that "every possible effort" would be made to boost the nation's aviation safety.[7]
References
- ^ "Nigeria mourns over 193 people killed in worst plane crash". Xinhua. SINA News Agency. 4 June 2012. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
- ^ "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 3 June 2012.
- ^ "Passenger plane crashes in Nigeria". CNN. Retrieved 3 June 2012.
- ^ a b c d "Lagos air crash: All aboard feared dead, officials say". BBC News. 3 June 2012. Retrieved 3 June 2012.
- ^ a b Hradecky, Simon (3 June 2012). "Crash: Dana MD83 at Lagos on Jun 3rd 2012, collided with power line on approach". Aviation Herald. Retrieved 3 June 2012.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Gambrell, Jon (3 June 2012). "Death from above in Lagos: Airplane crash kills 153". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 3 June 2012.
- ^ "Official: 153 on plane, at least 10 on ground dead after Nigeria crash". CNN. 3 June 2012. Retrieved 3 June 2012.