Dana Air ops suspended
Dana Air seems to be having a lot of those lately. It isdisproportionate to the number of airplanes (5) and hours flown. Thelatest one that triggered the suspension appears to be the flight that took offfrom Port Harcourt for Lagos. Enroute it had a tech with the engine(Probable engine failure or shutdown) and returned to Port Harcourt. Thenext morning, the pilots (a lady and a gent) were seen boarding two differentflights Arik and Aero back to Lagos, while engineers were seen working on thebad engine.
Dana's double-engineflameout last year June 3, that led to the MD-83 crash was unprecedented inNigerian aviation annals. Before then, they had several other enginefailure/malfunction issues. I wonder: does Pratt & Whitney stillmake those JT-8Ds or at least still stock parts for them? They mustbe, because hundreds of MD-80s are still flying with American airlines.