The National Transport and Safety Board (NTSB) of the United States will train 22 staff of the Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) through on-the-job (OJT) training procedure. Commissioner and Managing Director of AIB, Akin Olateru, made this known at the weekend while briefing newsmen on the workshop organised by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) […]
Aviation experts who met at the 13th Akwaaba African Travel Market ‘Aviation Day’ in Lagos on Monday brainstormed on the progress made in the area of safety in the industry over the years. They came to the conclusion that there have been a lot of improvements in air safety in the industry since 2006 when the […]
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 […]
A team of accident investigators from Nigeria’s Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) left Lagos last week for São Tomé to commence investigation into the crash of a An – 74 aircraft, which occurred recently on the West African island. Spokesman of the agency, Tunji Oketumbi disclosed this in a statement and explained that the invitation to Nigeria’s […]
Workers of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) will meet next week to agree on the commencement date for their proposed four-day warning strike to protest a recent directive by the Minister of State, Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika that the agency should give five percent of its revenue from Passenger Service Charge (PSC) to Accident […]
