Iberia Airlines - Nigeria Airline Admits Engine Failure Mayday Call Reuters - Rpt

Thu Jun 7, 2012 10:29pm IST

* Airline states that not really apparent when a couple engines failed

* Aviation minister spoke associated with "dual engine" failure

* Iberia Airlines dealing with maintenance

LAGOS, June 7 (Reuters) - The driver on the financial airliner that crashed inside Lagos on Sunday stated on Thursday the actual pilot described engine failure just before this attended down, but it really had not been very clear when 1 or 2 applications possessed failed.

The Boeing McDonnell Douglas MD-83, managed by means of privately owned every day airline Dana Air, struck a condo block, preventing just about all 153 men and women on board as well as in all probability half a dozen people about the ground.

The aircarrier experienced previously reported only that this airplane had zero kinetic mistakes ahead of the accident. Thursday's comments abide by your report simply by the aviation minister on Wednesday that will both equally motors had failed.

"There has been some sort of mayday cost serps failure at 1442 hours(1342 GMT). We have no idea in the event that it turned out just one or two," Oscar Wilson, Dana's overseer associated with airline ticket operations, told a news flash conference. It has been Nigeria's worst airfare disaster to get virtually not one but two decades.

All that airplanes utilised by Dana include also been examined to confirm they are able to rise on simply just one engine, in accordance with foreign norms, this individual said.

Iberia Airlines , owned through International Airlines Group , what food was in charge of maintenance, he / she said.

Wilson said inferring through the mayday phone that the aeroplanes experienced crashed since together motor unsuccessful has been "pure speculation".

"We are not aware of the reason the item crashed. We cannot state the complete cause of this automobile accident until finally the investigations are usually completed."

The government includes build energy to help review that health and safety of all airline carriers in london in addition to stopped Dana Air's air licence indefinitely.