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Eleven of the survivors of the Aeromexico plane crash led by one Nestor Martinez have taken the airline to court suing for negligence on the part of the airline. Last Tuesday night,  Aeromexico Flight 2431  attempted to take off from Durango, Mexico  during bad weather and strong winds. The Embraer E-190 regional jet attempted to abort the takeoff, but went down just after the runway.  Somehow, all  103 people on board  the flight survived, despite the impact and the fact the plane burst into flames almost immediately after it hit the ground. Authorities said 85 people were injured, and 49 hospitalized — most with minor injuries. Martinez’s lawsuit accuses Aeromexico of attempting “a takeoff maneuver in unsafe wind conditions,” failing to “adequately monitor wind conditions prior to takeoff” and failing to “obtain proper pitch, yaw and altitude during takeoff,” among other accusations. Passengers on board the plane said they were questioning why the flight was even proceedi

In what may be seen as a recovery from trying times, Med-View Airlines Plc has acquired a Boeing 777-200ER aircraft to revive its international operations. The wide-body aircraft is the second of such in Nigeria following the same type of aircraft acquired a few months ago by Air Peace. The arrival of the aircraft with registration number: 5N-BVY, was celebrated by staff and friends of the airline at Murtala Mohammed international airport a few weeks back. According to the management of the management of Medview the aircraft is wholly owned by Med-View Airline and has a capacity of 323 passengers, with 28 in Business Class. he jumbo jet has been deployed to Hajj operations when the airline begun airlift of pilgrims to Mecca and Medina this week. The airline is expected to airlift about 10,000 Nigerian Pilgrims during this year’s Hajj. The aircraft will after the hajj operations be used to service the lagos london routes. The airline is also awaiting the arrival of more of it

Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State says full commercial activities will commence at the Asaba International Airport in July. The governor gave the assurance on Thursday during an inspection visit to the airport. He commended the contractor, “Setraco” for the reconstruction work on the runway. “It took two years for ULO (the former contractor) to construct 900 metres of the runway, but it gladdens my heart that in just three weeks, Setraco has done 1.1 km of the runway. “From the work programme, it may be possible for Setraco to complete the project in three and half months. “The speed with which they mobilise to site is wonderful,’’ he said, expressing optimism that in another four months, bigger planes would land at the airport. Jihad Yahgi, an Engineer and the Area Manager, Setraco, who explained the level of work done so far, said that the company would soon complete the water channels at the airport. He promised that the work would be completed on schedule and in line with speci

Ministry of Aviation has directed Starbow, a Ghanaian Domestic Airline, to employ qualified personnel and review all of its operational procedures to avoid further incidents in the future. This directive comes as a result of the findings by a specialized investigative report brought in by a five member committee that was setup by the ministry in December to ascertain what led to the Starbow excursion on the runway in November 2017. Starbow was further told to retrain all its crew on cockpit resource management and aborted take-off procedures. The Minister, Madam Cecilia Dapaah, disclosed the details of the investigative report to Parliament in answer to an urgent question raised by the Member of Parliament, Hon. Kwame Agbodzah on the circumstances leading to the airline’s incident in November 2017. The findings of the report hinted at two major causes of the incident. Firstly that, there was the loss of situational awareness on the part of the cockpit crew and secondly, the

Air peace will today receive the first of the four Boeing 777 (ER) it has acquired to commence its international operations. This will be the first widebody aircraft in the fleet of the airline. According to the CEO three more widebody aircrafts will soon arrive. The airline is planning  long haul flights to Guangzhou, Dubai, Mumbai, Johannesburg, London etc in the nearest future.

The dana plane with registration number 5N-SRI was said to have suffered a runway escursion at the point of touch down in omagwa airport port Harcourt and ended up in the bush. The passengers are said to have been evacuated with minor injuries with no life lost. he incident occurred on the night of Tuesday, February 20, 2018. Story developing. NEWS REPORTS OPINION #NIGERIADECIDES POLITICS BUSINESS SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT LIFESTYLE EDUCATION VIDEOS PHOTOS DOCUMENTS A Dana aircraft with registration number 5N-SRI performing a flight from Lagos to Port Harcourt has overshot the runway and ended up in the bush in the Niger Delta region