THE FIRST LADY IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DANA CRASH SAYS F.G

Word went round on tuesday that the Dana crash of sunday 3rd june was partly caused by freezing of our airspace due to the entry of her excellency the First Lady, but a statement has been made by the Special Assistant (Media)

to the Minister of Aviation, to refute such claims, the special assistant to the minister Mr. Joe Obi, said the airspace was never closed for the First Lady on Sunday, he said and I quote;



"There is a widely circulating rumour that the airspace was closed to facilitate the First Lady's movement and that that was partly responsible for the Dana plane crash of Sunday June 3, 2012. The Federal Ministry of Aviation will like to clarify that nothing could be farther from the truth.



"For the records, we wish state that the First Lady arrived in Lagos at about 4.45pm on Saturday, 2nd June, 2012 and only departed for Abuja on Monday, the 4th of June, 2012 at 1.30pm, whereas the ill-fated Dana flight 0992 departed Abuja on Sunday, 3rd of June, 2012 at 2.54pm and its last contact with the Lagos Control Tower was at 3.42pm as has already been announced. We wish to stress that the First Lady did not fly on Sunday, the 3rd of June, 2012 as is widely been speculated."