Dana Air has blamed the disruption of its flights on different routes on Thursday, Friday and Saturday to its decision to ground one of its aircraft for safety reasons.
The airline, which apologised to its customers, said in a statement by its spokesman, Mr. Kingsley Ezenwa that its scheduled services were disrupted due to “nose steering lock” on one of its Abuja-Lagos flights
“We sincerely wish to apologise to our guest for the delays occasioned by this incident and to also assure them that their safety comes first before any consideration in our daily operations.
“On Thursday July 11, 2019, one of our Lagos Abuja flight developed a nose wheel issue upon landing in Abuja and after a thorough assessment by our team of engineers, we decided to ground the aircraft in line with our strict stance on safety.
“A nose steering lock is not a defect but a mechanism to prevent damage on steering cylinder and torque link during the nose wheel turning….
“The said aircraft has however been flown to Lagos for our engineers to conduct full scale checks.
“In the interim, we have made proper arrangements with our partner airlines to ferry our guests to their various destinations together with other serviceable aircraft in our fleet.
“We wish to once again reassure our guests that their safety and comfort will remain a top priority in our operations and necessarily compensations will be communicated to the affected guests,” said Ezenwa.
