I share my condolences on the death of Ibrahima. I pray that DaarManso accord the bereaved strength and continued good health to keep his life-passions burning bright.
Haruna.
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This is sad news. May his soul rest in peace.
The Daily Observer (Banjul)
Gambia: Ex-GPA MD Dies in Lagos Plane Crash
By Hatab Fadera, 5 June 2012
An ex-managing director of the Gambia PortsAuthority (GPA) was among the 153 passengers that died in Sunday's plane crash in Lagos, Nigeria.
Family sources confirmed to Daily Observer Monday afternoon thatIbrahima D.K Janganna, best known as Baye Ebou, who by the time of hisdeath was serving in the international arena as a ports or maritimespecialist, was on his way from Abuja to Liberia when the McDonnellDouglas MD-83 ploughed into a printing works and residential buildingsin Lagos before bursting into flames. The airliner, operated byLagos-based Company Dana Air, had flown in from the Nigerian capital,Abuja, when it crashed and burst into flames.
Meanwhile, the Daily Observer visited the bereaved family Mondayafternoon and met scores of sympathisers converged on the compound ofthe late Janganna to express their heartfelt condolences to the saidfamily in this trying moment. "My late brother was a friend, brother and a father to everyone regardless of age," Muhammeh Janganna, a brotherto the deceased said in a somber-looking mood. Meanwhile, FatoumataJanganna, daughter of the deceased who was speaking with a heavy heartdescribed his father's demise as "unexpected". "He was an amazing person and a great role model," she added.
About the deceased
The late Ibrahima D.K Janganna, born May 29, 1953 in Brikama, WestCoast Region, was a professional maritime expert who joined the GambiaPorts Authority sometime in the 1970s and rose through the ranks to theposition of a managing director before leaving in 2002. He left forLome, Togo the same year to set up an Eco-Marine International ShippingCompany together with other partners where he served as its directorgeneral. In 2008, Janganna moved to CPCS, a Canadian firm runningprojects in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria. Until his untimely deathin Sunday's plane crash, the late Janganna was working with this company that commenced work on a project to reform the Liberian port sector.The company is an international infrastructure development firmspecialising in private sector participation in transport, power, andurban sectors. An Ottawa, Ontario-based company, CPCS operates in morethan 80 countries worldwide, particularly in Africa and Southeast Asia.
Baye Ebou as commonly called got his Masters in Maritime from theWorld Maritime University in Malmo, Sweden, and he was an executivemember of the Sumpookhaati Sarahulleh Society. He was also a member ofthe mosque committee in Kotu, where he resides. He is survived by a wife and six children.
Similar incident
It would be recalled that two Gambians also died in a plane crash inthe Federal Republic of Nigeria about seven years ago. The late SheriffConteh and Ebrima Njie, who boarded the domestic flight, were both staff of Trust Bank Limited.
The plane crash
Meanwhile, reports monitored by the Daily Observer indicated that the pilots reported engine trouble before the Dana Air jetliner crashedinto businesses and crowded apartment buildings near Lagos' MurtalaMuhammed International Airport, the worst air disaster in Nigeria innearly two decades. Two years ago, the same Boeing MD-83 had loss ofengine power due to a bird strike, according to an aviation database.The cause of the crash remains unclear.
The director-general of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, Harold Demuren, said the Nigerian registration number of the plane was 5NRAM.Aviation databases show the plane was exported to Nigeria in early 2009. It was first delivered in 1990 with the U.S. registration number N944AS to Alaska Airlines and it suffered two minor incidents while in theSeattle-based airline's service, according to databases of the FederalAviation Administration and the Aviation Safety Network. On Nov. 2,2002, the plane made an emergency diversion due to smoke and electricalsmell in the cabin, and on Aug. 20, 2006, the plane was evacuated afterlanding at Long Beach, California because of smoke in the passengercabin.
On April 19, 2010, the plane made an emergency landing at Lagos dueto loss of engine power after a bird strike following takeoff, according to the Aviation Safety Network. The aircraft appeared to have come down Sunday on its belly onto the dense neighbourhood that sits along thetypical approach path taken by aircraft heading into Lagos' MurtalaMuhammed International Airport. The plane tore through roofs, sheared amango tree and rammed into a woodworking studio, a printing press and at least two apartment buildings before stopping. The plane was heading to Lagos from Abuja, the capital, when it went down.
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