Dana Air Plane Catches Fire in PortHarcourt

There was panic at the PortHarcourt Airport, Rivers State Monday evening as a plane bound for Lagos caught fire shortly before take off.
It was that one of the tyres of the plane, belonging to Dana Airline, caught fire leading to an emergency halting of the flight.
At least, about 50 passengers were said to have been rescued from the plane with no injuries at all.
Fire fighters at the airport were said to have moved in immediately to quench the fire before it could damage other parts of the aircraft.
Kingsley Ezenwa, the airlines, spokesman said in a release titled; ‘Press statement on Port Harcourt Incident of 2/5/22,” the aircraft had been grounded pending the conclusion of their investigations.
It partly read: “Our aircraft with registration number 5N JOY operating flight 9J 344 from Port Harcourt to Lagos on 2nd of May 2022, was set to take off when the pilot in command noticed an anomaly which he queried with the Air Traffic Control before embarking on a ramp return in line with our strict safety operating procedures
“However, the impact on the brakes as a result of the aborted take off affected the aircraft tyres which sparked off while the aircraft was taxiing to repark.
“All 50 passengers onboard the aircraft disembarked safely and our maintenance team have immediately grounded the aircraft pending the conclusion of their investigations.
“Once again, we sincerely apologize to all the passengers on the flight for the inconveniences caused due to the eventual cancellation of the flight.”