The preliminary report also showed that the pilot, Capt Peter Waxtan, 55 and his first officer, Mahendra Rathore 34, spent some time struggling to restart the failed engines and the throttle before it crashed.
At 1543.27 hours on that Sunday, the Captain of the plane informed the flight officer: "We have lost everything, we lost an engine. I lost both engines." And few seconds to the runway, the plane crashed in a residential area about 5.8 miles North of Lagos.
The report revealed that the aircraft had no prior faults and had a fuel endurance of 3.5 hours when it left Abuja for Lagos that fateful Sunday afternoon before it crashed into residential buildings in Iju-Ishaga area of Lagos, killing 153 souls on board and another 10 on ground. Shortly after takeoff, DAN 992 reported 1545 as the estimated time of arrival at LOS as the flight climbed to a cruise altitude of 26,000 ft. DAN0992 made contact with Lagos Area Control Centre at 1518 hours.
The airplane was on the fourth flight segment of the day, consisting of two round-trips between Lagos and Abuja. The accident occurred during the return leg of the second trip. DAN 992 was on final approach for runway 18R at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, when the crew reported the total loss of power.
Source: Sun News Online
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