Nigerian Deadliest Crash in Decades Dents Industry Image
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Nigeria’s deadliest airline crash in almost 40 years casts a shadow over an industry that gained a U.S. safety rating upgrade two years ago, as investigators focus on possible engine failure as the cause of the accident.
The Dana Airlines Ltd. crash on June 3 was the worst since 1973 in the West African nation and the first fatal one in Nigeria in more than four years, according to the Aviation Safety Network’s database. Since an ADC Airlines plane went down in October 2006, killing 97 people, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration gave Nigeria a Category 1 rating in August 2010, allowing domestic carriers to fly to the U.S.