Nigeria withdraws Dana airline license after the plane crash.

Abuja : Nigeria | Jun 05, 2012 at 8:55 AM PDT

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Abuja – Nigeria Government Authorities have withdrawn the License of Dana airline operative until further notice. The airline lost one of it's aircraft in crash with 150 passaenger onboard, while it crash on Sunday in Lagos metropolis.

And all Dana airline operations will be put to rest and a new air safety test will be perform on all Dana aircrafts soon.

Meanwhile, the number of victims in Sunday disaster airline crash have increaseed to 159th bodies.

The jet was en route to Lagos from the Nigerian capital Abuja. The accident has prompted renewed questions about air safety in the populous west African republic - this is the seventh major aviation disaster there since 1992.

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has announced a three-day period of national mourning.

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