The Director General of the Nigeria Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB), Akin Olateru, has commended the federal government for boosting aviation safety in the country with the recent procurement of fire tenders for airports. Giving this commendation recently in Abuja while receiving the executive members of the Nigeria Aviation Fire and Safety Association (NAFSA) in his […]
One of the major challenges the Nigerian aviation industry had before now is the long time it takes to investigate an accident. For example, it took over a decade to investigate the Bellview Airlines Flight 210 crash that happened at Lisa Village, Ogun state on October 22, 2005 and even when the result was released, […]
Minister of State for Aviation, Sen. HadiSirika, has pledged that the Federal Government would ensure full implementation of the Air Safety Recommendations released by the Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB). Sirika who made the pledge when he received the report of the Safety Recommendation Committee headed by the Commissioner of AIB, Mr Akin Olateru on Tuesday […]
The federal government has blamed the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) for the recent flight incidents in the country. The agency, according to sources, does not implement safety recommendations from the Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB). Inside source told THISDAY that if the safety recommendations were implemented some of the incidents that happened could have been […]
The Nigerian Air Force and Accident Investigation Bureau on Tuesday in Abuja agreed to explore areas of cooperation to enhance aviation safety in the country. This was a fallout of a meeting between the leadership of the two bodies when the new Commissioner/Chief Executive Officer of AIB, Engr. Akin Olateru paid a courtesy call on […]
