Plane Didn’t Explode Until After 20mins, Delayed rescue operation wasted lives – Residents

A body removed from one of the buildings where a Dana Air plane crashed into at Iju-Ishaga, Lagos on Sunday June 3, 2012.

If help had come early, the over 140 persons, who died in the Dana commercial air plane crash at Iju, Lagos, yesterday might have been saved, residents have said. According to them, the aircraft did not explode immediately it crashed. It exploded after about 20 minutes. click to read the rest of the story...

An eyewitness said the incident happened between 3pm  and 4pm.

Narrating how the crash happened, an eyewitness, who claimed anonymity noted that the aircraft was seen swinging before it eventually landed on a newly constructed storey building.

‘’I was here with my wife and other people when we saw the plane moving around in random directions. Initially we were confused, but when it was getting usually close  to the rooftop of the houses around, we stood up and traced were it eventually landed,’’ he noted.

Continuing, the eyewitness said, ‘’When we got to the scene, we saw the plane on the building and it did not explode upon landing. The only fire from the aircraft was from the cockpit which was not much. It was only ten of us that first got to the scene. That little fire would have been quenchable if there was immediate emergency response from fire fighters. We were even using sachets of pure water to put off the fire before we heard loud explosion after 20 minutes.’’

It was further gathered that the absence of emergency response from concerned authorities, prompted one of the eyewitnesses at the scene to call the Chairperson of Local the Government, who informed the Lagos State Government.

Source: Eagleyereports.