The Captain of the ill-fated Dana flight was Captain Peter Waxtan, 55, and an American.
The first officer, the airline said on telephone today was an Indian whose name was given as Mahendra Singh Rathore while the engineer on board was Bidyo, an Indonesian.
His surname was not given.
There were three Nigerians among them. Vivienne Atangakak, 34, who was to get married on
28 July. She had paid for everything, including the hall.
The other cabin crew was Uche Ulasi who was to proceed on leave two weeks before the plane crashed. The last crew member was Eke Godwin
This is the first time that their identities are being revealed by the airline.
Meanwhile, at least 13 bodies are missing from the final count of corpses recovered at the site of the Dana plane crash, P.M.NEWS learnt on Wednesday.
A director at Dana Airline, Mr. Francis Ogboro, was vague and provided lame answers even as he could not name Dana insurers or provide basic operational answers.
The legal consultant to Dana Air, Barrister Yomi Oshikoya, explained that the airline is fully insured by Lloyd of London.
He said, according to the law, relatives of the victims must receive 30,000 dollars within 30 days of the crash and up to 100, 000 dollars when identification is concluded.
Ipaye said foreign embassies have been contacted to provide information need to identify their citizens.
On the plane were Americans, Chinese, French, a Canadian, a Lebanese, a German, an Indian and an Indonesian. There could have been other foreigners yet to be identified.
In another development, the Airline Operators of Nigeria, AON, has kicked against the federal government’s suspension of Dana Air’s license.
At a briefing in Lagos today, the AON said it was wrong to suspend Dana’s license while investigation is still on going.
AON advised the government to allow the Accident Investigation Bureau and the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority do their job.
Culled- PM News
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