Sosoliso down in Port Harcourt
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yes it s too bad.102 on board.it s really geting too much!!
we do understand that there was some weather around the field,but no rain other the rnw.the controler saw an explosion.likely on impact.
again i do not expect much from search and rescue or ivestigating team.it will all go has a forgoten case.
i knew the pilot well.and just like most pilot around he had his good and bad time with the upper management.pressure could b factor
we do understand that there was some weather around the field,but no rain other the rnw.the controler saw an explosion.likely on impact.
again i do not expect much from search and rescue or ivestigating team.it will all go has a forgoten case.
i knew the pilot well.and just like most pilot around he had his good and bad time with the upper management.pressure could b factor
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Is everyone surprised?
Not meaning any disrespect to the deceased...But is anyone here, with all honesty, a bit surprised?
Obasanjo: Wake up and hire the right people. Let us start with a technocrat of an aviation minister and the LONG-awaited deep + mean reforms of the aviation industry, complete with airport, agency, and navigation agendas.
Wait, why dont we start by a categorical NO for your re-election in 2007.
Nothing but sympathies for the people who die in vain.
Obasanjo: Wake up and hire the right people. Let us start with a technocrat of an aviation minister and the LONG-awaited deep + mean reforms of the aviation industry, complete with airport, agency, and navigation agendas.
Wait, why dont we start by a categorical NO for your re-election in 2007.
Nothing but sympathies for the people who die in vain.
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103 confirmed dead.Reports indicate the wx in PH was quite bad. Any body flying that route 2day?
These are really sad times for all of us, especially the industry.
May their souls R.I.P
These are really sad times for all of us, especially the industry.
May their souls R.I.P
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May God help us.
May God help us all, this is really sad. This is really bad for the industry. People are saying could be a bomb, the story is all three accidents were explosions, i don't believe that though. They should arrest these NCAA people and shoot them all, they are murderers!like my father would say. They take bribe and sign unserviceable aircrafts out, they kill people with their own greed. God help us. I heard they were mostly students. This is really sad. What is really happening here? Any info?
Even if it was weather, how bad could it have been, commercial pressure? \"Company hidden policy\"?
Even if it was weather, how bad could it have been, commercial pressure? \"Company hidden policy\"?
Ah yes the NCAA signs them off....and the owners sign them off...and the engineers sign them off...and the pilots sign them off.....and we buy tickets to fly on them knowing this.
Now just who is wrong here?
Now just who is wrong here?
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My sincere condolonces to all concerned.
Rumour from TIP was he saw the impact on the news and it looked like the aircraft flew wheels up straight into the ground ... as I say the rumours from TIP 0530 this morning.
Sad .. very sad .. now will someone do anything about it after the second fatal accident ?
RIP
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Rumour from TIP was he saw the impact on the news and it looked like the aircraft flew wheels up straight into the ground ... as I say the rumours from TIP 0530 this morning.
Sad .. very sad .. now will someone do anything about it after the second fatal accident ?
RIP
Plane \'struck by lightning\'
10/12/2005 20:31 - (SA)
Lagos - A Nigerian jet airliner plunged in flames onto the tarmac at Port Harcourt airport on Saturday killing 103 people, all but seven of those on board, an aviation official said.
There was no official confirmation of the cause of the crash, but witnesses and officials said it had overshot the runway during an electrical storm and may have been struck by lightning.
\"There was an accident at about 14:08 GMT. It involved Sosoliso flight 1145,\" said Sam Adurogoboye, a spokesperson for the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority.
\"The aircraft was a DC-9 with 110 souls on board. Seven were rescued. The rest died,\" he added.
An official at Port Harcourt airport, who asked not to be named, said that a large number of those who were killed were young students returning home for the Christmas holidays.
The flight had arrived from the federal capital Abuja and was landing in Port Harcourt, the main centre of Nigeria\'s oil industry and a base for many international companies.
There was no immediate confirmation of any foreign nationals among the casualties.
A police spokesperson said that 57 bodies had been recovered and that the seven casualties had been taken to hospital.
Horrific scene
\"Rescue operations are still ongoing,\" police spokesperson deputy commissioner Haz Iwendi told AFP.
An executive with an international security consultancy with staff at the airport said: \"What we are hearing is that the plane was struck by lightning about 40 or 50 metres from touching down.
\"The fuel in the wing caught fire and it exploded,\" he added.
An airport worker described a horrific scene at Port Harcourt, saying: \"The place where I\'m standing now is scattered with corpses.\"
He said the dead - \"many of them burned beyond recognition\" - were being evacuated to mortuaries. The plane had shattered \"into many pieces, scattered all over the ground\".
Nigerian airports have come under criticism in recent months following a string of near-misses - including one at Port Harcourt in which an Air France passenger jet crashed into a herd of cows on the runway.
International airlines briefly suspended flights at Lagos\' international airport because of holes in the runway.
In October, an Abuja-bound Boeing 737-200 crashed after taking off from the airport at Lagos, Nigeria\'s biggest city, killing 117 people on board the Bellview Airlines flight.
The exact cause of that crash remains unclear, but US investigators sent to help with the investigation ruled out terrorism, an official at Nigeria\'s Aviation Ministry said last month.
Nigerian-owned Sosoliso Airlines was established in 1994. It began scheduled flights as a domestic airline in July 2000 and now flies to six Nigerian cities, according to its website. - AP/AFP
10/12/2005 20:31 - (SA)
Lagos - A Nigerian jet airliner plunged in flames onto the tarmac at Port Harcourt airport on Saturday killing 103 people, all but seven of those on board, an aviation official said.
There was no official confirmation of the cause of the crash, but witnesses and officials said it had overshot the runway during an electrical storm and may have been struck by lightning.
\"There was an accident at about 14:08 GMT. It involved Sosoliso flight 1145,\" said Sam Adurogoboye, a spokesperson for the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority.
\"The aircraft was a DC-9 with 110 souls on board. Seven were rescued. The rest died,\" he added.
An official at Port Harcourt airport, who asked not to be named, said that a large number of those who were killed were young students returning home for the Christmas holidays.
The flight had arrived from the federal capital Abuja and was landing in Port Harcourt, the main centre of Nigeria\'s oil industry and a base for many international companies.
There was no immediate confirmation of any foreign nationals among the casualties.
A police spokesperson said that 57 bodies had been recovered and that the seven casualties had been taken to hospital.
Horrific scene
\"Rescue operations are still ongoing,\" police spokesperson deputy commissioner Haz Iwendi told AFP.
An executive with an international security consultancy with staff at the airport said: \"What we are hearing is that the plane was struck by lightning about 40 or 50 metres from touching down.
\"The fuel in the wing caught fire and it exploded,\" he added.
An airport worker described a horrific scene at Port Harcourt, saying: \"The place where I\'m standing now is scattered with corpses.\"
He said the dead - \"many of them burned beyond recognition\" - were being evacuated to mortuaries. The plane had shattered \"into many pieces, scattered all over the ground\".
Nigerian airports have come under criticism in recent months following a string of near-misses - including one at Port Harcourt in which an Air France passenger jet crashed into a herd of cows on the runway.
International airlines briefly suspended flights at Lagos\' international airport because of holes in the runway.
In October, an Abuja-bound Boeing 737-200 crashed after taking off from the airport at Lagos, Nigeria\'s biggest city, killing 117 people on board the Bellview Airlines flight.
The exact cause of that crash remains unclear, but US investigators sent to help with the investigation ruled out terrorism, an official at Nigeria\'s Aviation Ministry said last month.
Nigerian-owned Sosoliso Airlines was established in 1994. It began scheduled flights as a domestic airline in July 2000 and now flies to six Nigerian cities, according to its website. - AP/AFP
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Port Harcourt - A Nigerian jetliner carrying 110 people - including dozens of school children - crashed in stormy weather as it approached this southern city, killing at least 103 who were on board.
It was Nigeria\'s second major airplane accident in seven weeks, raising questions about air safety in Africa\'s most populous nation.
Charred bodies and pieces of the wrecked plane were strewn around the disaster site, where rescue workers found only seven survivors who were rushed to an area hospital, Nigerian civil aviation authority spokesperson Sam Adurogboye said.
\"They were breathing and were taken to the hospital. They are responding to treatment,\" he said, but did not say if the survivors were passengers or crew members.
The Sosoliso Airlines\' McDonnell Douglas DC-9 crashed about midday Saturday as it approached the oil centre of Port Harcourt, on arrival from the Nigerian capital Abuja. The cause of the accident was unknown.
An airport worker said burned bodies lay across the landing area after the plane broke into pieces upon impact.
\"The place where I\'m standing now is scattered with corpses.\" The dead - \"many of them burned beyond recognition\" - were being taken to mortuaries, he said on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to speak with reporters.
Frantic family members at the airport said the plane had been carrying 75 school children home for Christmas holidays, all of them aged between 12 and 16. They were pupils at the Loyola Jesuit school in Abuja.
Adurogboye said there had been stormy weather around the airport at the time of the crash, and witnesses said they saw lightning flashes as the plane approached the runway. There had been seven crew members on board, Adurogboye said.
\"It is a national tragedy for us,\" said Femi Fani-Kayode, a spokesperson for Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo. \"We need to take all the necessary measures to make sure this sort of thing stops happening.\"
Asked whether this raised questions about air safety in Nigeria, he said: \"of course, people would be concerned, in view of the circumstances.\"
Information minister Frank Nweke said Sosoliso Airlines had a reputation for being efficient and reliable.
Established in 1994, Nigerian-owned Sosoliso began scheduled flights as a domestic airline in July 2000 and now flies to six Nigerian cities, according to its website.
\"To my knowledge they haven\'t had any incidents since they started their operation,\" Nweke said. \"So this has come as a surprise, a very big surprise.\"
Sosoliso spokesperson Simbo Olorufemi in Lagos would not comment on details of the crash beyond confirming it had occurred, and saying \"most of the passengers might have lost their lives.\"
Nigerian airports also have come under criticism in recent months, following a string of near-misses and an incident in which an Air France passenger jet crashed into a herd of cows on the runway at Port Harcourt.
International airlines briefly suspended flights at Lagos\' international airport because of holes in the runway.
It was Nigeria\'s second major airplane accident in seven weeks, raising questions about air safety in Africa\'s most populous nation.
Charred bodies and pieces of the wrecked plane were strewn around the disaster site, where rescue workers found only seven survivors who were rushed to an area hospital, Nigerian civil aviation authority spokesperson Sam Adurogboye said.
\"They were breathing and were taken to the hospital. They are responding to treatment,\" he said, but did not say if the survivors were passengers or crew members.
The Sosoliso Airlines\' McDonnell Douglas DC-9 crashed about midday Saturday as it approached the oil centre of Port Harcourt, on arrival from the Nigerian capital Abuja. The cause of the accident was unknown.
An airport worker said burned bodies lay across the landing area after the plane broke into pieces upon impact.
\"The place where I\'m standing now is scattered with corpses.\" The dead - \"many of them burned beyond recognition\" - were being taken to mortuaries, he said on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to speak with reporters.
Frantic family members at the airport said the plane had been carrying 75 school children home for Christmas holidays, all of them aged between 12 and 16. They were pupils at the Loyola Jesuit school in Abuja.
Adurogboye said there had been stormy weather around the airport at the time of the crash, and witnesses said they saw lightning flashes as the plane approached the runway. There had been seven crew members on board, Adurogboye said.
\"It is a national tragedy for us,\" said Femi Fani-Kayode, a spokesperson for Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo. \"We need to take all the necessary measures to make sure this sort of thing stops happening.\"
Asked whether this raised questions about air safety in Nigeria, he said: \"of course, people would be concerned, in view of the circumstances.\"
Information minister Frank Nweke said Sosoliso Airlines had a reputation for being efficient and reliable.
Established in 1994, Nigerian-owned Sosoliso began scheduled flights as a domestic airline in July 2000 and now flies to six Nigerian cities, according to its website.
\"To my knowledge they haven\'t had any incidents since they started their operation,\" Nweke said. \"So this has come as a surprise, a very big surprise.\"
Sosoliso spokesperson Simbo Olorufemi in Lagos would not comment on details of the crash beyond confirming it had occurred, and saying \"most of the passengers might have lost their lives.\"
Nigerian airports also have come under criticism in recent months, following a string of near-misses and an incident in which an Air France passenger jet crashed into a herd of cows on the runway at Port Harcourt.
International airlines briefly suspended flights at Lagos\' international airport because of holes in the runway.
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This is an horrific tragedy, especially given the number of schoolchildren that would appear to have died. Condolences to all involved.
Without wishing to sound insensitive, is there any information on the status of PHC airport? I assume it's closed until further notice but need to get there tonight... would prefer to avoid the road journey. Thanks.,
Mods, apologies for the double-posting (with R&N) but it's most difficult to get information on this.
Without wishing to sound insensitive, is there any information on the status of PHC airport? I assume it's closed until further notice but need to get there tonight... would prefer to avoid the road journey. Thanks.,
Mods, apologies for the double-posting (with R&N) but it's most difficult to get information on this.
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Another three injured died in the mean time bringing the total of dead to 107.
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Nigeria's President Olusegun Obasanjo on Sunday summoned airline executives and aviation officials to an emergency meeting after three fatal accidents in seven weeks cost a total 224 lives.
Obasanjo's spokesperson Remi Oyo said: "To underscore his grave and growing concern for the industry in the aftermath of yesterday's air crash in Port Harcourt, President Obasanjo is to personally preside over a meeting in Abuja of all stakeholders in Nigeria's aviation sector.
"The meeting, which will be convened in the shortest possible time, is to be attended by all airline operators in the country, aviation industry officials and other local and international aviation sector specialists," she added.
No date was given for the meeting.
On Saturday, a Sosoliso Airlines DC-9 passenger jet from Abuja crashed on arrival at Port Harcourt airport in the south of the country.
103 people were killed instantly, two more died of their injuries overnight and the remaining five on board were injured, officials said.
This crash came just seven weeks after another airliner exploded and ploughed into fields north of Lagos, killing all 117 on board, and a month after two pilots were killed when a light plane operated by a Nigerian oil company crashed outside the northern city of Kaduna.
In all, 1 019 people have been killed in 39 serious aviation accidents in Nigeria since 1991.
Following the Lagos crash Obasanjo accused Nigeria's aviation safety agencies of corruption and vowed to plug the "loop-holes" which have seen airport facilities deteriorate and allowed the country's private plane operators to use ageing, badly maintained jets on domestic routes.
"It is expected that conclusions reached at the meeting will help to give more practical effect to President Obasanjo avowed determination to carry out urgent and much needed reforms in Nigeria's aviation industry," Oyo's statement said.
Obasanjo's spokesperson Remi Oyo said: "To underscore his grave and growing concern for the industry in the aftermath of yesterday's air crash in Port Harcourt, President Obasanjo is to personally preside over a meeting in Abuja of all stakeholders in Nigeria's aviation sector.
"The meeting, which will be convened in the shortest possible time, is to be attended by all airline operators in the country, aviation industry officials and other local and international aviation sector specialists," she added.
No date was given for the meeting.
On Saturday, a Sosoliso Airlines DC-9 passenger jet from Abuja crashed on arrival at Port Harcourt airport in the south of the country.
103 people were killed instantly, two more died of their injuries overnight and the remaining five on board were injured, officials said.
This crash came just seven weeks after another airliner exploded and ploughed into fields north of Lagos, killing all 117 on board, and a month after two pilots were killed when a light plane operated by a Nigerian oil company crashed outside the northern city of Kaduna.
In all, 1 019 people have been killed in 39 serious aviation accidents in Nigeria since 1991.
Following the Lagos crash Obasanjo accused Nigeria's aviation safety agencies of corruption and vowed to plug the "loop-holes" which have seen airport facilities deteriorate and allowed the country's private plane operators to use ageing, badly maintained jets on domestic routes.
"It is expected that conclusions reached at the meeting will help to give more practical effect to President Obasanjo avowed determination to carry out urgent and much needed reforms in Nigeria's aviation industry," Oyo's statement said.
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I would appreciate knowing the names of the flight crew involved in this accident, when that information has been released. That sort of thing isn't reported, usually, in the papers outside Nigeria, and I suppose that I must have known the people involved at some point during my time in Nigeria.
Thanks in advance for this information. My condolences to those who have lost people in this accident.
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Thanks in advance for this information. My condolences to those who have lost people in this accident.
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PHC airport is still closed as at this afternoon.We had to fly to owerri which is close to PHC today. Dont know about tmrw.If you fly in to Owerri i will advse you sleep there and not travel to PH in the night by road.
PHC airport is still closed as at this afternoon.We had to fly to owerri which is close to PHC today. Dont know about tmrw.If you fly in to Owerri i will advse you sleep there and not travel to PH in the night by road.
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ASN Accident report
ASN ACCIDENT DIGEST 2005-28
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Date: 10 DEC 2005
Time: 14:08 local time
Type: McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32
Operator: Sosoliso Airlines
Registration: 5N-BFD
Msn / C/n: 47562/685
Year built: 1972
Engines: 2 Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9A jet engines
Crew: ? fatalities / 7 on board
Passengers: ? fatalities / 103 on board
Total: 103 fatalities / 110 on board
Airplane damage: Written off
Location: Port Harcourt (Nigeria)
Phase: Approach (APR)
Nature: Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport: Abuja International Airport (ABV)
Destination airport: Port Harcourt Airport (PHC)
Flight number: 1145
Sosoliso Airlines flight 1145 was scheduled to depart Abuja for Port Harcourt at 10:00, but the flight was delayed to 13:26. As the aircraft descended, the crew were cleared to fly an approach to runway 21. During this approach the DC-9 struck terrain 1200 m short of the runway. The airplane broke up and caught fire.
The weather report at 14:00 (13:00Z) read: DNPO 101300Z 22009KT 9999 BKN013 FEW023CB 29/23 Q1007= [wind 220 degrees at 9kts, visibility >10000m 5-7 oktas cloud at 1300ft 0-2 oktas cloud at 2300ft with thunder clouds, temperature 29C dewpoint 23C QNH 1007hPa]
sources: AFP, AP, This Day, Guardian
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Date: 10 DEC 2005
Time: 14:08 local time
Type: McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32
Operator: Sosoliso Airlines
Registration: 5N-BFD
Msn / C/n: 47562/685
Year built: 1972
Engines: 2 Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9A jet engines
Crew: ? fatalities / 7 on board
Passengers: ? fatalities / 103 on board
Total: 103 fatalities / 110 on board
Airplane damage: Written off
Location: Port Harcourt (Nigeria)
Phase: Approach (APR)
Nature: Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport: Abuja International Airport (ABV)
Destination airport: Port Harcourt Airport (PHC)
Flight number: 1145
Sosoliso Airlines flight 1145 was scheduled to depart Abuja for Port Harcourt at 10:00, but the flight was delayed to 13:26. As the aircraft descended, the crew were cleared to fly an approach to runway 21. During this approach the DC-9 struck terrain 1200 m short of the runway. The airplane broke up and caught fire.
The weather report at 14:00 (13:00Z) read: DNPO 101300Z 22009KT 9999 BKN013 FEW023CB 29/23 Q1007= [wind 220 degrees at 9kts, visibility >10000m 5-7 oktas cloud at 1300ft 0-2 oktas cloud at 2300ft with thunder clouds, temperature 29C dewpoint 23C QNH 1007hPa]
sources: AFP, AP, This Day, Guardian
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Thanks for the advice. I spoke to our company (oil major) logistics people and they arranged daylight road transport from Warri to PHC. An eventful and, frankly, entertaining journey... but there's no way I'd do it during hours of darkness.
Only concern now is if flightops will resume by Wednesday but jeez, compared to the parents of those poor kids from the Abuja school, I've nothing to whinge about.
Be safe, folks.
Thanks for the advice. I spoke to our company (oil major) logistics people and they arranged daylight road transport from Warri to PHC. An eventful and, frankly, entertaining journey... but there's no way I'd do it during hours of darkness.
Only concern now is if flightops will resume by Wednesday but jeez, compared to the parents of those poor kids from the Abuja school, I've nothing to whinge about.
Be safe, folks.
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well, what i said is very true, isn't that what they do, they are no different from hired assasins who take guns and kill people, and believe me, passengers who buy the tickets have no idea. The deal is, if the pilot would get on that airplane, as long as he is not suicidal, the aircraft is then serviceable, i would rather say 'manageable'. yes we don't know the cause of the accident, but God forbid, other accidents would happen if NCAA (or is it NAMA) don't start doing their job well. From a pilot who visited the scene, the power levers were at maximum position, and (but) the flaps were at zero (0). Anyone knows what that means for a DC-9. i would not think any aircraft can complete a proper go-around with flaps at zero. Believe me, a pilot who visited the scene said he saw that. The cockpit seems to be a little intact. Are we seeing a likelihood of pilot error here, thats plus all the other strss of windshear and all that. i don't know for a fact but does anyone know? Can a DC-9 go around with flaps retracted to zero.
The Captain on board was Captain Adebayo ,with another Ghanian pilot.
God grant the families Grace and strength to bear the loss.
The crash in KD for example, states that the pilots were alive for the few minutes before the explosion. it was confirmed that the copilot\'s voice was heard over the radio screaming for help. well, this is what i was told, i don\'t know about hear-says but there\'s always an element of truth or its just a complete rumour. Fire men were said to have reached the scene but had no water and they refused to help the pilot crying for help because they were scared of an explosion occuring. The second truck got there but had a problem with its hose. trying to sort that out, there came the explosion. tell me who is in charge of all this people.
with this accident, pilots would still, anyday, anytime want to fly, thats because they love their job. why not put people who love the job in these positions, and of course, an incorruptible head. you think thats impossible. The rest of us should really start praying. the end is very near! maybe a thousand more years to go, but remember, thats like a day in God\'s eyes, and we all know, so many things can happen in a day.
God help us all.
The Captain on board was Captain Adebayo ,with another Ghanian pilot.
God grant the families Grace and strength to bear the loss.
The crash in KD for example, states that the pilots were alive for the few minutes before the explosion. it was confirmed that the copilot\'s voice was heard over the radio screaming for help. well, this is what i was told, i don\'t know about hear-says but there\'s always an element of truth or its just a complete rumour. Fire men were said to have reached the scene but had no water and they refused to help the pilot crying for help because they were scared of an explosion occuring. The second truck got there but had a problem with its hose. trying to sort that out, there came the explosion. tell me who is in charge of all this people.
with this accident, pilots would still, anyday, anytime want to fly, thats because they love their job. why not put people who love the job in these positions, and of course, an incorruptible head. you think thats impossible. The rest of us should really start praying. the end is very near! maybe a thousand more years to go, but remember, thats like a day in God\'s eyes, and we all know, so many things can happen in a day.
God help us all.
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And here is the latest from Nigeria :
God Bless Nigeria and their Transport Minister(s) making statements like that !
During this approach the DC-9 struck terrain 1200 m short of the runway. The airplane broke up and caught fire.
A Nigerian jet which crashed killing 106 people on board veered off the runway immediately after landing in bad weather, hit a drainage ditch then tumbled over and ripped itself apart, senior officials said on Sunday at the scene.
"You can see that it hit this culvert. This is the reason for this accident.
"The man lost control because he hit this culvert," said Nigeria's transport minister Abiye Sekibo as he inspected the burnt remains of the DC-9 jet scattered along the runway at Port Harcourt airport.
Deputy inspector general Mike Okiro, head of operations for the Nigerian police, agreed with this explanation, adding that the plane had burst into flames as it tore itself up on the soft grass alongside the tarmac.
"If you were here yesterday (on Saturday) you would have seen pieces of human flesh all over the place, burnt beyond recognition," he told reporters.
The airport, the main international and domestic terminal in southern Nigeria and the oil-rich Niger Delta, remained closed to all other traffic.
Earlier, a state government spokesperson told AFP that the death toll from the disaster had climbed to 106 after three passengers died of their injuries.
Four more are still being treated in hospital.
"You can see that it hit this culvert. This is the reason for this accident.
"The man lost control because he hit this culvert," said Nigeria's transport minister Abiye Sekibo as he inspected the burnt remains of the DC-9 jet scattered along the runway at Port Harcourt airport.
Deputy inspector general Mike Okiro, head of operations for the Nigerian police, agreed with this explanation, adding that the plane had burst into flames as it tore itself up on the soft grass alongside the tarmac.
"If you were here yesterday (on Saturday) you would have seen pieces of human flesh all over the place, burnt beyond recognition," he told reporters.
The airport, the main international and domestic terminal in southern Nigeria and the oil-rich Niger Delta, remained closed to all other traffic.
Earlier, a state government spokesperson told AFP that the death toll from the disaster had climbed to 106 after three passengers died of their injuries.
Four more are still being treated in hospital.
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Gunship, dont mind them.The aviation minister will also say his own side which will be different from what the transport minister said.Then The NCAA officials will state their own side of the story. So will the fire service.So will the AIB.So will the journalist.Someone might even suggest sosoliso ran into invisible cows.
Enijose1 i think the time has come for us to pack our things and leave.Knowing these people and the stakeholders meeting The president has summoned tomorrow,only God knows the kind of things that will be said about us.
I think the time has come for us to form a formidable front.Nobody seems to want to step into Late Capt Jerry's shoes.
Enijose1 i think the time has come for us to pack our things and leave.Knowing these people and the stakeholders meeting The president has summoned tomorrow,only God knows the kind of things that will be said about us.
I think the time has come for us to form a formidable front.Nobody seems to want to step into Late Capt Jerry's shoes.
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The ongoing audit set up by the government should start first from the ministry. The response time to the accident was slow. From the time of impact to when the tower was notified by a flying chopper in the vicinity of the general aviation where the accident happened! Only God knows where the controller was doing at that time for him not to have alerted the emergency department. Upon notification, The Fire truck must have been there with half its capacity or something like that. Second truck broke down while our children were roasted alive! It was wait and see game! Then explosion!!! Half of the dead should have walked out alive if not for what happened thereafter. May the souls of the departed rest in Peace. The last meeting we held with the current minister of aviation resulted in the pilots making a list of replacement/repair/calibrations of some aids-Including that of Port Harcourt-up till this time, no response from his office confirming the receipt of this demand to his office. Let us see again the outcome of tomorrow's bla bla.