The management of Dana Air has reacted to news going round on social media said the door of its aircraft fell off because a passenger attempted to open it.
DANA Air today debunked falsehood alleging that the door of one of its aircraft fell off after landing and whilst taxing in Abuja earlier today.

Some online publications had started posting reports that the door of one of the airline’s aircraft fell off but stated that the allegations were not only untrue and damaging but categorically could never have happened without a conscious effort to open it.

By design, the emergency exit door of our aircraft are plug-type backed by pressure, which ordinary cannot fall off without tampering or conscious effort to open by a crew member or passenger.

A statement by Dana Air of the alleged incident read,”We wish to state categorically that this could never have happened without a conscious effort by a passenger to open it.”

“By design, the emergency exit door of our aircraft are plug-type backed by pressure, which ordinary cannot fall off without tampering or conscious effort to open by a crew member or passenger.”

“We also wish to enlighten the author that, when an aircraft is airborne, it is fully pressurized and there was no way the seat or door could have been ‘shaking’ as insinuated.”

“A thorough inspection was however carried out on the said aircraft upon landing in Abuja, by our engineers and a team from the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), and no issue was reported. There was also no threat to safety at any point.”

“The flight was only delayed for 8 minutes as we needed to demonstrate to the regulators that the safety and comfort of our guests is at the centre of our operations.”

“We wish to apologize to our guests for any inconvenience such report may have caused and for the slight delay on the return service to Lagos.”

“A thorough investigation of the concerned passenger is ongoing.
As one of the oldest and most experienced airline in Nigeria, we remain committed to global best practices. “

via http://mandynews.com/2018/02/07/dana-air-speaks-on-aircraft-door-that-fell-off-photos/

Hmmm

so were the passengers liars?

Nothing works in this shi*hole

Dana aircraft again... the other time it was tyre.. now door

DANA AIR = FLYING COFFIN. These people have refused to learn their lessons

Issokay

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This flying graveyard !

DanaAir...

lolzzz. Jehovah, I can't jux believe this poo. after the poo, the idiots still wanna confuse the public with grammar. 9ja

We shouldn't be listening to the airline operator. They can never come up and say it is their fault.

It is the regulator that should be speaking on this issue and we take it as nearly true.

NCAA must come up with a release to make this thing official.

Holly jezz

Hmmm..... Really really no be by force to fly dana. If govt is turning blind eye simply boy cott the killer carrier

Dana again!! Just when I taught u guys are trying now, una door fell off again chai

The social media second name is DAMAGING

stefanweeks:
Hmmm
so were the passengers liars?
Nothing works in this shi*hole

End time aeroplane

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I just wish there's an emergency exit door in the Nigerian government so we can push out BUHARI.

So why didn't Dana explain same to the passengers on that aircraft? That could have saved all this hoopla!

Too many air passengers are ignorant. Just the way I overheard one saying loudly that it was better to fly in the daytime than in the night so the pilot could see properly. I nearly fell off my seat in laughter. The guy obviously does not know that aircraft are flown with instruments and pilots have to be instrument-rated to fly commercial airlines.

wildchild02:
Issokay

What's okay there

It's not okay rara.... at all at all

THANK God for safety

what a bus can do, a plane can do beta.
we've seen busses shuttling with one door open or spoilt. Dana Air just want to try the plane version. But they need a conductor.

Ban Dana Air and scrap them off. They still trying to talk smart over a potentially dangerous incident that may have been caused by oversight in maintenance.

Bleep Dana Air!

Whether there is conscious effort to open the door or not, it is true that the door fell off. Then, do the needful.

Always at the defensive.

Passive biz killer

I'm not buying this

Wonderful

Total bullshit. I can never fly Dana. Give me a business class ticket, I won't accept. With red colors here and there.