DANA Airline Reassures Public Of Safety, Reliability

Following the conclusion of investigation by accident investigation team on the incident that occurred at the Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa recently, where a Dana flight skidded off the runway, the authorities of the airline have reassured the general public and the air passengers in particular of safety and reliability.
The airline has also thanked the Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) for releasing the preliminary report on the Port Harcourt runway incident involving one of their aircraft on the 23rd of February this year.
A statement released to The Tide from the manager, Media and Communication of Dana Airline, Mr. Kingsley Ezenwa on Tuesday, said that the report confirmed that the Air Traffic Control, which is an arm of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), saddled with the responsibility of issuing instructions that the pilots are required to obey, had cleared the pilot-in-command to land.
“Considering the safety measures that we have put in place and our huge investments in training and retraining of our crew and pilots, we decided not to join issues, but to rather wait on the report of the AIB, the authentic body responsible for such investigation.
“In 2013, The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) and its foreign partners the Flight Safety Group, carried out an audit on our operations and in 2016, as a result of our commitment to global safety standards, we applied to become a member of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), went through their audit and subsequently became a member of the body in 2016″, Ezenwa said.
The head of media and communication of the airline described the pilot of the said aircraft as a happily married man and a proud father of three beautiful children.
According to him, the pilot has over 30 years of experience in the aviation industry and is one of the very best in his profession, very meticulous in his duties and was poached from another domestic airline where he also served as the head of safety and quality standard.
The statement further affirmed that the expansion programme is still very much on course and thanked the Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika, who has proven himself as a technocrat and for keeping faith with them while the incident was under investigation.

Corlins Walter