“Accident Reports have Aided Air Safety in Nigeria”

The Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) has said that the implementations of the recommendations made in its accident investigation reports by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA has led to improved air safety in Nigeria. AIB Commissioner and CEO, Akin Olateru disclosed this on Wednesday when he released four accident reports and also introduced the AIB […]

ICAO, NTSB Train AIB, Others on Accident Investigation

The Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) is partnering the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) of the United States of America for a one-week training in accident/incident investigation, for the benefit of the entire West African sub region. Spokesman of AIB, Tunji Oketumbi said the workshop to be facilitated by […]

AIB Releases Accident Reports

The Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) has released two accident reports and as an aftermath of the report, the Bureau called on the federal government to re-examine the quality of aviation fuel (known as Jet A1) sold in Nigeria because there are indications that low quality fuel might have been responsible to one of the accidents […]

Whither the AIB Lab?

A few years ago when the Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) completed its Accident Investigation Laboratory, it was opened with great fanfare. The euphoria over the lab was again heightened when the initial report of investigation into the cause of the Associated Aviation Flight 361 crash was made public within a very short period of time […]

AIB to Review Civil Aviation Accident, Incidents Regulation

Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) has announced that the Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi and Minister of State for Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika are among the top dignitaries that would attend the review of the Civil Aviation Investigation of Air Accidents and Incidents Regulations, 2006 spearheaded by the bureau.   The objective of the review […]