The management of Dana Air has explained why its Lagos-bound aircraft made an an air return to the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport in Abuja shortly after take-off.

Timeline.ng gathered that a Dana flight made an emergency landing in Abuja at 2:25p.m.

The pilot was said to have announced mid-air that the flight could no longer continue for some obvious reasons.

However, in a statement by Dana’s Communication Manager, Kingsley Ezenwa, the firm said it was just a case of bad weather that made the pilot decided to land.

The statement read, “Our flight 9J 336 from Abuja to Lagos on 23rd February 2022 had an air return due to bad weather at destination.

“The passengers on the aircraft were advised to disembark and board another of our aircraft on ground, so the aircraft that had the air return could refuel for another flight.

“At Dana Air, the safety of our crew and passengers will remain at the centre of everything we do and this commitment won’t change anytime soon.”

What you should know

The Nigerian civil airspace has maintained a relatively safe record in about a decade now which has increased passengers’ confidence in air travel. 

The last air crash in the country involving a commercial airplane was in June 2012 when a Dana Air MD-83 aircraft from Abuja crashed near the Lagos airport while attempting an emergency landing, killing all 153 souls on board and six on the ground.