Dana shouldn’t remain grounded, says Aviation Round Table

A group of aviation experts, Aviation Round Table (ART), has said Dana Air should not remain grounded for long.
ART’s President Captain Dele Ore spoke yesterday at a conference in Lagos.
He said: “I believe that an airline such as Dana should not be left on ground perpetually; otherwise, we are hurting ourselves the more by doing that.”
The group acknowledged that there would be public outcry if Dana Air was allowed to resume flight operations immediately. But, it argued that internationally and for airlines with various types of aircraft, a primary investigation is quickly conducted and if the management is exonerated, only the type of aircraft involved in the accident would be examined thoroughly while the rest of the fleet continues to fly unhindered.
But in Dana’s case with only one type of aircraft, the airline must not be grounded perpetually, the group said.
ART urged the Ministry of Aviation to release the departure time of the ill-fated plane.
“It can, for instance, prove that the aircraft might have run out of fuel,” it said.
The group argued that under Section 38 of the Constitution, the National Assembly can investigate some aspects of Dana Air, adding that setting up another administrative panel to probe another aspect of Dana Air is “an aberration and illegality”.

Culled: The Nation