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Re: Dana Air Denies Paying Celebrities To Board Flight by 80million1: 7:33pm On Jan 07, 2013 |
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Re: Dana Air Denies Paying Celebrities To Board Flight by 80million1: 7:34pm On Jan 07, 2013 |
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Re: Dana Air Denies Paying Celebrities To Board Flight by 80million1: 7:34pm On Jan 07, 2013 |
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Re: Dana Air Denies Paying Celebrities To Board Flight by 80million1: 7:35pm On Jan 07, 2013 |
#80million: Only me on this page? |
Re: Dana Air Denies Paying Celebrities To Board Flight by 80million1: 7:36pm On Jan 07, 2013 |
#80million: Free Madness! Ginger ur Swagger! 1 Like |
Re: Dana Air Denies Paying Celebrities To Board Flight by 80million1: 7:38pm On Jan 07, 2013 |
*speechless* who dey house? |
Re: Dana Air Denies Paying Celebrities To Board Flight by TableLeg(m): 7:38pm On Jan 07, 2013 |
SMH! |
Re: Dana Air Denies Paying Celebrities To Board Flight by TableLeg(m): 7:39pm On Jan 07, 2013 |
#80million:Flipping nuisance ... What is wrong with you? Why are you spamming the thread?! Bloody fool |
Re: Dana Air Denies Paying Celebrities To Board Flight by kelsonpoint(m): 7:39pm On Jan 07, 2013 |
ojinku: Anybody wey snake bite, if him see lizard him dey pick race. As for me i no fit enter dana air again.u Neva enter plane by no vex |
Re: Dana Air Denies Paying Celebrities To Board Flight by kelsonpoint(m): 7:39pm On Jan 07, 2013 |
ojinku: Anybody wey snake bite, if him see lizard him dey pick race. As for me i no fit enter dana air again.u Neva enter plane b4 no vex |
Re: Dana Air Denies Paying Celebrities To Board Flight by bibelo: 7:53pm On Jan 07, 2013 |
Even my 10 year old nephew wouldn't believe this crap.Well all those celebrities that boarded that flight are they from the EASTERN CORRIDOR of NIGERIA? Its all about the BENJIS jare, compensation for each passenger is like $100,000 I guess. |
Re: Dana Air Denies Paying Celebrities To Board Flight by checklots: 8:03pm On Jan 07, 2013 |
You will soon see Zaki (the man with Torch). He boarded Dana with a small girl (maybe his daughter) today from Abuja to Lagos(4:30pm).I am not saying he was paid |
Re: Dana Air Denies Paying Celebrities To Board Flight by EmmyBoy2(m): 8:08pm On Jan 07, 2013 |
Complete bun..kum! Who wan go die? Any day I get to the airport and na only Dana I see, I will go Ojota jejely find bus... ![]() |
Re: Dana Air Denies Paying Celebrities To Board Flight by ldpele(m): 8:40pm On Jan 07, 2013 |
i was on board n it was rili fun
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Re: Dana Air Denies Paying Celebrities To Board Flight by 80million1: 8:50pm On Jan 07, 2013 |
Table Leg : table leg, u r an idiot. Ur people at home are bloody fools. Who d fuc.k are u to abuse me,u lack home trainin. Satan go punish u dis year unless u apologise, u dont talk to some peeps anyhow,wat warrants u talkin to me like dat? R u d owner of d thread. U r curse.d. Fuc.k off. Were oloshi,oloriburuku, omo irankiran. Nxt time mind ur biznes,to avoid heavy curses in a new year. Iberibe, onyara |
Re: Dana Air Denies Paying Celebrities To Board Flight by 80million1: 8:52pm On Jan 07, 2013 |
Table Leg : na ur papa be bloody fool |
Re: Dana Air Denies Paying Celebrities To Board Flight by chiefbatiatus(m): 9:01pm On Jan 07, 2013 |
Greatken007: I dont like listening 2 fools,Accident stil remains any unwanted,unexpected and unplanned suden events that result to injury,damage 2 equipment,properties and environment and most times slow down activities,so if u dont board DANA wh cares probably u cant even afford God is Good transport,dont ever mock Dana cus it can happen to anybody,der services are very customer friendly if nt so those top govt officials wont fly.Are u pple saying that basket mouth,Buchi and other does nt value their life?Air transport stil remain d BEST dont allow poverty 2 teach wrong lessons. Just a little point of correction - air travel is ONLY safest means of travel BY DISTANCE! If its by numbers its the most risky because all the people that go by air in nigeria for a whole year are not even up to half of the people that travel by road between just Lagos and Ibadan in a day, yet there are many days without accidents on this road in a year. But when you talk of distance then air is safer because you could travel from australia to africa by air in 24 hours safely but doing that same distance by road could take weeks and most likely involve you in an accident. Finally, air is very very very risky my dear. If you know how many small factors can lead to a crash you won't go near an airplane |
Re: Dana Air Denies Paying Celebrities To Board Flight by chacha3(f): 9:06pm On Jan 07, 2013 |
Whocares? Whatever! |
Re: Dana Air Denies Paying Celebrities To Board Flight by thrugemaster(m): 9:09pm On Jan 07, 2013 |
PweetieDoo: Dana Air has come out to respond to the critics about the allegation of paying celebrities to board the inaugural flight from Lagos to Abuja on Friday January 4th 2013. First of all, who is ur friend |
Re: Dana Air Denies Paying Celebrities To Board Flight by Fostercat(m): 9:21pm On Jan 07, 2013 |
A Nigerian journalist shares his experience on Dana’s re-inaugural flight to Abuja Friday 4 January. The airline’s licence was suspended in June last year, following its crash in the suburb of Lagos, killing 159 people. My editor, Mr. David Odey, had on Thursday jokingly cast a tentative headline for my trip to Abuja today aboard Dana Air whose plane crashed in Lagos on Sunday 3 June 2012. “The headline will be ‘Ateba’s Last Flight To Abuja’,” my editor told me, a smile betraying his attempt to sound serious. “There will be a kicker,” he said, “Dana Air uses journalists as guinea pigs,” he added, this time both of us bursting into laughter. Tokunbo Olajide, a colleague, overheard us and made a quick request: “Please make me your nex-of-kin for the $100,000 compensation given to relatives of crash victims.” Many other colleagues asked for details of my bank account, properties and will. They all joked about it for sometime but finally wished me a safe trip before I left the office. “Have a safe trip. Nothing will happen,” my editor reassured me as I was beginning to get wary. The sad memories of the 3 June plane crash in Lagos which claimed more than 150 lives resurfaced. I went home not sure I would gather enough strength to make the trip the next day. But at 7am on Friday, I left home, jumped into a commuter bus and arrived the airport at about 8am. I met other journalists there and I joined the queue for check in. Some of the journalists who had been invited changed their minds at the last minute and returned home. “God told me not to make the trip,” one journalist said sounding as if fear was holding him back instead of God warning him. Photo journalists who were not making the trip took a cornucopia of photographs of us as if we were going on our last trip. Not long after the check in, we joined other passengers,including celebrities for boarding. Seeing Comedian Basketmouth reassured me. I thought, at least I will die smiling as he may be cracking jokes for us as we transit from this world to the one beyond. But once on the plane, Basketmouth and other comedians and musicians were given Business seats a few metres from the cockpit while journalists and other passengers were sent to the Economy Class. However, because my seat number was 11F, I was not far away from the Business Class and I said to myself Basketmouth’s voice would be loud enough for me to die a peaceful and happy death as I hear some last jokes. On the plane, an MD83, there were some courageous passengers who parted with N17,000 for the one way trip. But most passengers were journalists, celebrities and Dana staff who were handed free tickets to make the trip. The plane was not full as many people remain wary and will need to watch Dana perform for sometimes before they make up their minds.  Dana ground staff at Abuja Airport Dana Flight 9J353 left the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, at about 10.10 am and landed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja at 11.05am. Once the plane landed, even those who pretended to fear nothing began clapping, smiling and shaking hands. It was as if we had just escaped something tragic, as if we were given a second chance in life, as if we were not sure to make the trip. But everything was just on our minds. The take off in Lagos and the landing in Abuja were smooth. The sky was clear and the weather was excellent. The journey was just enjoyable and on normal day, there would have been nothing to fear. Besides, the in-flight service was also excellent and the plane seemed to be in very good condition. However, in-between tale off and landing, only a small group of people spoke aloud. An even smaller percent cracked jokes while the journey lasted. Many passengers remain quiet during the 55-minute journey. The passenger next to me was a 57-year old Mrs. Adetoun Adetokunbo, a staff at the Federal Ministry of Water and Mineral Resources whose office is in Abeokuta in Ogun State, southwest Nigeria. At 30,000 feet above Sea Level, we began exchanging pleasantries about plane crashes. I asked her if she was scared. She told me she had faith in God and was not afraid. Mrs. Adetokunbo lost her husband in a plane crash in Saudi Arabia in 1991 when she was just in her early 30s and had four children for him. Three years later, she survived an ADC plane crash in Monrovia, Liberia, while returning to Nigeria from Gambia. While she sustained some injuries, other passengers were not lucky and died, she said. “The plane crash-landed. Some people died but I was lucky. I sustained some injuries but I survived,” she said in a quiet and confident voice. Since she had been lucky in the past, why take a second gamble, I asked her. “Do you just want to kill yourself or you believe you cannot die in a crash?” I asked. She smiled and said: “I have had an accident in a ship but I did not die. I had survived a plane crash in which some people died. I believe if you trust in God, everything will be fine. It is God that protects us,” she said. Hearing her reassured me a bit but looking through the window and seeing how small big houses looked as we approached Abuja reminded me of how high we were and how tragic a crash at that altitude could be. I said my prayers again, pretended to sleep but could not until we the plane landed in Abuja and came to a standstill. Once we landed, I informed my office and online friends and some of them sent me congratulatory messages. It was as if I had kidnapped few days ago and had just regained freedom and reunited with loved ones. The return trip to Lagos was smooth as well and there was no indication that the plane was not in good shape. But feeling the way I did, I realised that it is not easy to build trust in people or brands and it may take Dana Air some time before the airline regains the trust and confidence of air travellers. |
Re: Dana Air Denies Paying Celebrities To Board Flight by Nobody: 9:52pm On Jan 07, 2013 |
thrugemaster: POST OF THE CENTURY NICE 1 BRUV ![]() |
Re: Dana Air Denies Paying Celebrities To Board Flight by 4reigningqueen: 10:30pm On Jan 07, 2013 |
Series22: it should be eh hen,oga teacher,i no know ooo! Ok whom is fooling whom happy now |
Re: Dana Air Denies Paying Celebrities To Board Flight by tutu1: 10:33pm On Jan 07, 2013 |
the thing about telling a lie is; once start lying, you just have to continue lying lol Dana air just cant stop |
Re: Dana Air Denies Paying Celebrities To Board Flight by sheedy407(m): 10:52pm On Jan 07, 2013 |
ojinku: Anybody wey snake bite, if him see lizard him dey pick race. As for me i no fit enter dana air again.Una go just come here dey talk nonsense,as if u don enta car wen get AC bfor,u dey say u no fit enta Dana AGAIN. |
Re: Dana Air Denies Paying Celebrities To Board Flight by ikennahill: 11:09pm On Jan 07, 2013 |
[quote author=Greatken007]I dont like listening 2 fools,Accident stil remains any unwanted,unexpected and unplanned suden events that result to injury,damage 2 equipment,properties and environment and most times slow down activities,so if u dont board DANA wh cares probably u cant even afford God is Good transport,dont ever mock Dana cus it can happen to anybody,der services are very customer friendly if nt so those top govt officials wont fly.Are u pple saying that basket mouth,Buchi and other does nt value their life?Air transport stil remain d BEST dont allow poverty 2 teach wrong lessons. [/qu sir saleman/woman we dont care,we will never enter dana air |
Re: Dana Air Denies Paying Celebrities To Board Flight by cupid4ig(m): 11:38pm On Jan 07, 2013 |
ubong560: B4 nko? Wat did u expect? No be marketing strategy? Na u dey put food for thier table? I honestly recommend those wey life don taya to go board d plane. It's d easiest way to meet wit ur creator in heaven and leave dis poverty implanted by gej country. But just incase compensation will follow, make me ur next of kin o. amen.just like ur name u sound pathetic ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Re: Dana Air Denies Paying Celebrities To Board Flight by Nobody: 12:33am On Jan 08, 2013 |
SEEMS LIKE SOME FOLKS HERE ARE HEAVILY FORTIFIED WITH SUCH SUPERCOMPETENT IMMUNITY AGAINST EVERY KIND OF INSULT KNOWN TO MAN |
Re: Dana Air Denies Paying Celebrities To Board Flight by LBT: 5:09am On Jan 08, 2013 |
You can still see fear in their smile; they are not composed. Dana publicity stunt! |
Re: Dana Air Denies Paying Celebrities To Board Flight by Greatken007(m): 6:34am On Jan 08, 2013 |
chief batiatus:Any as an Engineer,i know dat d maintenance done on flight is stil d best practice in the wold(Reliability Maintenanc),try and reas more 2 compare between road and air accident to see for urself which is more,for 2012 air accident is nt upto 300 but for road alone last year christmas was 280(just between 16th-25th).A gud statiscian can easily give u some interpretation to that.Air is stil safer and faster than land,no 1 wil av money and choose 2 go and land except for some reasons(Phobia) or as d spirit leads,Lagos-Kano 13-14hours by land and 50min by Air,ha wat are we nw saying,Wen we av constant power we can nw talk of train |
Re: Dana Air Denies Paying Celebrities To Board Flight by efewhoa: 7:15am On Jan 08, 2013 |
Its bad enough that they killed over a 100 and something Nigerians, now they're lying to us all. |
Re: Dana Air Denies Paying Celebrities To Board Flight by elliottibanga(m): 7:18am On Jan 08, 2013 |
But Dana why? Why do you feel the need to JUST LIE ![]() |
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