Jul 13, 2012
Preliminary Report on Dana Crash Identifies Double Engine Failure As Cause of Accident
Crash site of Dana flight 992 in Lagos
By SaharaReporters, New York
A preliminary investigation of the June 3 Dana plane crash by the Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) of the Ministry of Aviation says that the primary cause of the accident was the aircraft’s loss of two engines and non-functionality of the throttles on the final descent into Lagos.
This is in consonance with a SaharaReporters report of June 6 in which Air traffic controllers said that the aircraft most likely had one failed engine long before the pilot declared an emergency.
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