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A Lagos coroner, Mr. Oyetade Komolafe, is to recall the Chief Pathologist of Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Prof. John Obafunwa, and the representative of the National Airspace Management Agency to testify at the inquest into the crash involving Dana Air plane in Iju-Ishaga, Lagos on June 3.
Obafunwa, who is the Chief Medical Examiner of the hospital and the university’s Vice-Chancelllor, had on July 26 proceedings of the inquest, given an insight into the possible cause of death of the victims of the crash.
He, had in his evidence, said about 60 per cent of the victims died from multiple injury and 30 per cent of them died as a result of combination of suffocation and multiple injury.
He said the cause of death of the rest of the 10 per cent ranged from “smoke inhalation to occasional fractures and severe body charring.”
Obafunwa is expected back at the inquest on the account of the results of the DNA identification test carried out on the deceased victims of the crash, that were released last week.
The results of the DNA test informed the release of the bodies which could not be identified prior to when the results were released.
Meanwhile, representative of NAMA is also expected back at the inquest next week.
An Air Traffic Controller at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, crashOlubukola Arogunjo, whose Tower monitored the last 15 minutes of the crashed plane had on July 31 testified before the coroner.
NAMA is expected back at the inquest to give an account of the flight of the crashed plane, from when it took off in Abuja and when the Lagos tower took over the control of the plane.
A retired Group Captain in the Nigeria Airforce and a former Air Traffic Controller, Mr. John Ojikutu, on Tuesday, told the coroner that timely emergency alert was not issued by air safety services monitoring the flight.
According to Ojikutu, the air traffic controller on duty have waited for the crash to occur before raising an emergency alert.
He said, “Emergency situation does not start with a crash; emergency alert should have been given immediately problems with the operational efficiency of the aircraft is noticed.”
A Lagos coroner, Mr. Oyetade Komolafe, is to recall the Chief Pathologist of Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Prof. John Obafunwa, and the representative of the National Airspace Management Agency to testify at the inquest into the crash involving Dana Air plane in Iju-Ishaga, Lagos on June 3.
Obafunwa, who is the Chief Medical Examiner of the hospital and the university’s Vice-Chancelllor, had on July 26 proceedings of the inquest, given an insight into the possible cause of death of the victims of the crash.
He, had in his evidence, said about 60 per cent of the victims died from multiple injury and 30 per cent of them died as a result of combination of suffocation and multiple injury.
He said the cause of death of the rest of the 10 per cent ranged from “smoke inhalation to occasional fractures and severe body charring.”
Obafunwa is expected back at the inquest on the account of the results of the DNA identification test carried out on the deceased victims of the crash, that were released last week.
The results of the DNA test informed the release of the bodies which could not be identified prior to when the results were released.
Meanwhile, representative of NAMA is also expected back at the inquest next week.
An Air Traffic Controller at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, crashOlubukola Arogunjo, whose Tower monitored the last 15 minutes of the crashed plane had on July 31 testified before the coroner.
NAMA is expected back at the inquest to give an account of the flight of the crashed plane, from when it took off in Abuja and when the Lagos tower took over the control of the plane.
A retired Group Captain in the Nigeria Airforce and a former Air Traffic Controller, Mr. John Ojikutu, on Tuesday, told the coroner that timely emergency alert was not issued by air safety services monitoring the flight.
According to Ojikutu, the air traffic controller on duty have waited for the crash to occur before raising an emergency alert.
He said, “Emergency situation does not start with a crash; emergency alert should have been given immediately problems with the operational efficiency of the aircraft is noticed.”
Culled from The Punch Nigeria.
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