Dana Air (DAN, Lagos) was again grounded by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) for an operational and technical audit on the carrier as of Sunday, October 6. The decision to ground Dana comes after an incident involving a Dana Air MD-83 returning to Port Harcourt Awolowo on a flight from Port Harcourt to Lagos following a technical problem developing after take-off. Dana operates a fleet of five MD-83s and had been grounded from June 3, 2012 to January 4, 2013 already following a fatal crash of one of its MD-83s on approach to Lagos back in June of last year. Dana hopes to be able to resume operations again shortly following the audit.