Abuja: Nearly after 24 hours of suspension, Nigeria has directed Dana Air, an Indian-owned commercial passenger carrier to resume operations.
The suspension came after the country's parliament complained of the airline's shoddy manner of paying compensations to victims of a crash that left over 150 people dead last year.
A statement by Joe Obi, the spokesman for the oil rich African country's Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah disclosed that the Ministry of Aviation officials and that of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) met with officials over safety issues concerning the airline's operations.
"At the end of the meeting, the suspension of the operations of the airline which took effect last Saturday was lifted. The airline is to resume normal operations immediately. However, a particular aircraft which had a snag over the weekend is to remain grounded until after its air-worthiness has been recertified by Boeing, the manufacturer of the aircraft." Obi said.
Adding that one of the planes with passengers had an emergency landing on Saturday.
19/03/13 PTI/Zee News
