Nigeria plane crash!!!

[anjouan]

It's sad that there are so many crashes in Nigeria. The NCAA has set up a special task force after the Bellview crash, yet the death toll continues to mount. There are too many rumors of falsified paperwork concerning regular maintenance and checks for there not to be some truth there somewhere. The state of the runways, the lack of any radar either primary or secondary over almost the whole of the country is a complete disgrace and a telling indictment of the state of FAAN. When will something ever be done? Probably never unless some really high-ranking politician is killed in an air crash. The trouble is that there are a few decent operators who are trying really hard to bring Nigerian aviation into the 21st century, but they are being dragged into the mire and tarred with the same brush as the numerous cowboys. Nigerians will eventually have to learn that safety is not something you get for free and they'll have to pay realistic air fares to get a safe, dependable service. I pray that not too many more people will have to die before the whole aviation infrastructure is totally overhauled.

Here's a link to the VoA news of the crash, which seems to have claimed the lives of 107 people and has added another awful statistic to the shameful aviation safety record in Africa.

Sosoliso Crash port Harcourt