All the Things That Went Wrong on June 3, 2012 After the Plane Came Crashing Down

Unruly crowd-  We all saw the pictures of people gathered around in shock and disbelief and that is to be expected but no barricade or crowd control. On cnn, on of their reporters said a wall came down because people were climbing over it not to help but to look. Fine u want to take pictures and video but don’t get I the way of the rescue.

Accessibility to crash site and victim- because of the crowd, the Red Cross who were trying to conduct the rescue had to eventually stop bcos they could not get thru the crowd . . . does this make sense at all???

Am also sure the narrow and pot hole riddles roads did not help either in getting to and fro the crash site.

Fire Dept had no water???!!!! . . . . yes we know its Nigeria, no water, no light, no petrol no nothing. But if there is a fire brigade and they claim to be operating what were they doing when there was no disaster? couldn’t they be sorting out water.

Now lets say there are survivors on ground who may have survived having a faulty plane drop out of the sky on to their heads. . .  Rescue team takes them to the hospital. Does the hospital have the appropriate facilities for burn and trauma victims? Do they have the equipment to keep the people alive?

Electricity- Plane went done approx 3.45pm, by 6pm it is already getting dark. Will there be light? How do we see the bodies under all the rubble? How will the rescue continue through the night? How effective is the rescue going to be?

Lack of Proper Coverage- Why do we all have to tune into CNN and BBC to learn what is happening in our own country? Most of our local stations were slow to cover the situation and a lot of stations still went on as usual and did not even run a banner of breaking news. If we barely care about ourselves, how do we expect others to truly care about us as well?

The whole situation is just so sad and painful. So many lives gone and lost, planes do crash in other parts of the world. But the Dana plane that came down yesterday painstakely reveals all the major problems within Nigeria. These problems are not new and we all complain about them but its time to stop complaining and venting and time to mobilize and take action and do something… We should all remain prayerful during times like this because it is times like this that do test our faith but we should also remember that God helps those who help themselves. Nigerians as a whole we need to help ourselves become a better nation and running out of the country is not going to help.

My heart goes out to all those who may have lost loved ones during this ordeal. Most especially to friends and all the people that flew into Abuja from the States, Lagos and all over for the wedding and events going on this past weekend. Please remember this is not the end and surely brighter days are ahead of us. xxx

Mitun Dada