To all those still interested,
Thanks to those who made fair and unbiased comment. The Nigerian press is now providing the information as to who is liable and it is not the crew of the Hydro flight.
The acft should be lifted out of the donga sometime this morning and towed off to a remote stand for further assesment. The nose wheels and the 3 remaining bogeys all have fully inflated tyres. Starbord flaps are retracted and port flaps partially retracted. As can be appreciated, there are no hydraulics avialble so everything was done electrically or manually.
All the cargo has now been removed and clients should start receiving their goods from this afternoon. The delay in removal of the cargo was in fact a civil engineering task. The acft nose finally came to rest overhanging a 10ft donga running parralel with the rwy. The acft finished up listing to port with both No1&2 on the ground. The remaining bogeys had dug into the soft ground thus preventing the nose to drop deeper into this donga. They had to fill in this donga and build a ramp to the nose door (this acft only has a nose door)in order for the FMC to be positioned for offloading. The LD-9plts (belly fr8) was de-palletised inside the lower holds last week and removed to the warehouse. This in itself was an accomplishment.
To friends, colleagues, strangers and in general all who have supported us and our endeavours in these most trying of times for a fledging airline, I thank you for the support given.
We will be back.
Gema