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‘A Passenger Must Have Tampered With Our Aircraft’s Door’ – Dana Air

Dana Air has reacted to the incident which threw passengers aboard its flight on Wednesday morning into pandemonium when the exit door of the aircraft fell off upon landing.
 
The airline in a statement said the door would not have opened without “a conscious effort by a passenger to open it”.
 
The airline said it had commenced a thorough investigation of the concerned passenger while apologizing to the passengers for the inconvenience.
 
Spokesman of the airline, Kingsley Ezenwa said, “Dana Air’s attention has been drawn to some online publication that the door of one of our aircraft fell off after landing and whilst taxing in Abuja today.
 
“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 ordinarily 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.

 

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