UPDATE : DANA AIR'S DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS SAYS BIRDS MAY HAVE BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR CRASH

Peter Waxtan,pilot of the crashed airplane

Captain Oscar Wason,director of flight operations at Dana Air has suggested that a bird strike may have caused the strike.Indeed...
Speaking on SilverBird TV in Lagos,he said management of the grounded airline found remains of birds in one of the engines.
However,he said the the investigation must be left to come out with an answer.Air traffic controllers have said the crashed airliner most likely had one failed engine,long before the pilot declared an emergency.He had earlier made a call to use the longer runway and  then few minutes later reported a total emergency.Click on read more below to continue...

In another development,the Lagos State Government said on wednesday that it would need two weeks to validate the identity of the dead victims and conduct autopsies.The state Attorney-General and commissioner for Justice,Mr Ade Ipaye said the two weeks would also enable the government to work out victims compensation with Dana Air's insurer,Lloyds Underwriter of London.Lloyds meanwhile has announced it would pay initial compensation of $30,000 to each victim in the next 30 days and a substantive payment of not more than $100,000.