kay9: I honestly dont knw what to say this time... I nominate my country for the award of Most F**ked Nation.

fluid26:

True, naija is f**ked, but there are countless others in a far more deplorable state.

ajbabs: Hardly we can development in this nation if we do not drop the idea of criticising blindly. Kai make
What surprised me most is the way people are now thinking with their anus these days.
According to that report,we were told that they were refurbishing the light system so why all these crying by some people?

CuteTj: Very true. While driving on road at night, you have an idea of the track courtesy of your headlamp but when you're airborne and approaching the runway, you need the runway lights to help you navigate your way to enable you land.

bennyraz: I just wonder if the headlights or whatever lights this aircraft's carry can't illuminate their vision. Everything the Nigeria Government does is almost like a Joke. If the Planes landing had to land on Emergency, what will happen? re-route back to lagos abi? GEJ i hail thee! atleast most of the crashes in the past has been blamed on the incapability or inexperience of the Pilot and his crew, I wonder what they would have blame this on The honest truth is our Aviation Authorities suck big time

alj harem: Another Air Mishap Averted In Abuja As Runway Lights Went Off

Barely one week after the fatal air crash involving Dana Air in Lagos, another air mishap was narrowly averted yesterday at the NnamdiAzikiwe Airport, Abuja when the run way lights went off, thus making it impossible for planes to either take off or land.

LEADERSHIP WEEKEND learnt late last night that the development led to the re-routing of all Abuja-bound planes to Lagos.

Specifically, Lufthansa flight that took off from Abuja to Malabo, earlier in the day was routed to Lagos. Also, Air France and British Airways were rerouted, thus leaving many passengers stranded.

Efforts to reach the minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah or her aides were unsuccessful at the time of going to press.

LEADERSHIP WEEKEND however learnt that contract to refurbish the runway lights had been awarded but the inability of the company to complete the job at 5 pm yesterday warranted the re-routing.

http://leadership.ng/nga/articles/26883/2012/06/09/another_air_mishap_averted_abuja.html

Proxytalk: poeple shld relax in this forum if they dnt understand things. and LEADERSHIP NP shld be querried for inclding "another air crash was averted" the authorities awarded a contract to refurbish runway lights, contractors promised they wii finish before 5pm, planes were taken off n landing during the day. but contractors coudnt finish as promised. so all flights bil to land at night was directed to land in lagos. yet nobody has blamed contractor. why are we so bias abt everything in govt.

Detongue: D headline is very misleading

valacious: They should have gone to land in aso rock or national assembly.

tiarabubu: [size=25pt]BLACK PEOPLE DON'T READ! please read the article properly before pouring venom on the wrong person. The title of the article is misleading. if one reads the article and some logical responses here, they might appreciate what happened. [/size]

Idi-Amin:
Naija, we hail thee!

Dana aircraft flight data recorder sent to the United States for analysis to determine the cause of the crash because not a single soul in 168 million people knows how to analyse a data recoder because DNA samples have been sent abroad to identy the remains, cos not a single soul in 168 million people can do DNA anal

YET..... most of us know what goes on in heaven, and even speak one-on-one to jesus christ everyday, some speak in heavely languages, know what the mind of God is on any matter, know what the will of God, what God permits & what he does not permit

Yet ordinary toothpick, we don't produce
Shiooor!!!

cupid4ig: how does this GEJ fault?

cupid4ig: how does this GEJ fault?

kay9: I honestly dont knw what to say this time... I nominate my country for the award of Most F**ked Nation.

obo_man: Okay let's analyse this problem since someone made a comment ealier that we should criticise constructively...

What courses runway lights to go off? Power failure is the obvious course.

Should the Aviation Minister resign? Yes because I think she is incompetent.

If I am the Aviation Minister in a country with erratic power supply, the first thing I'm gonna do is go round all the Airports in the country and embark on a major upgrade.

One of my major upgrade plan is to make sure that the generators that power all the Airports are reliable ( 27/7), and constantly maintained. There will be multiple sources of power generators in each Airports, so if one is being repaired, the other will be in use.

On plane maintenance and records: I will ensure that every plane over 5 years that flies within and outside Nigerian Airspace is subjected to a 3-month MOT. A team of experts (paid Boeing And Airbus Engineers from Europe and America), check the air-worthiness of the Plane every 3-month and any plane with the slightest fault is grounded and issued a warning. If the same Airline fails this test again, I will automatically revoke their licence and tell them to reapply after 2 years.

I'm not an aviation expert, I'm just a sensible patriotic Nigerian with due diligence.

Jakumo: Failed runway lights would prevent landings, but aircraft could still take off under the illumination of their own multiple high-intensity floodlights.

Idi-Amin:
Naija, we hail thee!
Runway headlights not working
Plane crashing
Aviation minister cannot be contacted

Dana aircraft flight data recorder sent to the United States for analysis to determine the cause of the crash because not a single soul in 168 million people knows how to analyse a data recoder

Some of the relatives of the victims (who bodies were burnt beyond recognition) will have to wait up to 50 days to get the bodies of their loved ones because DNA samples have been sent abroad to identy the remains, cos not a single soul in 168 million people can do DNA analysis.

YET..... most of us know what goes on in heaven, and even speak one-on-one to jesus christ everyday, some speak in heavely languages, know what the mind of God is on any matter, know what the will of God, what God permits & what he does not permit

Yet ordinary toothpick, we don't produce
Shiooor!!!

Jakumo: Failed runway lights would prevent landings, but aircraft could still take off under the illumination of their own multiple high-intensity floodlights.