
There are indications that the Dana Air MC Donnell Douglas MD 83 which
crashed around Iju-Ishaga area of Lagos, yesterday has a history of
worrying defaults even before original owners, US-based Alaska
Airlines sold it to Dana Airlines on February 17, 2009. According to
the information from Aviation Safety Network, an exclusive service of
the Air Safety Foundation, the ill-fated aircraft was acquired by
Alaska Airline in November 13, 1990 with registration number N944AS.
However, on November 4, 2002 the aircraft developed fault and had
emergency diversion due to smoke and electrical smell in the cabin
area, which engineers said was because light ballast had over heated.
Four years after, the aircraft's health was also called to question
when...