Tag: AIB
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AIB releases new final accident reports, includes Opebi helicopter crash
The Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) on Thursday in Abuja, said it had recorded a total of 72 accidents since its establishment in 2007. AIB Commissioner, Mr Akin Olateru, made the disclosure when he released accident reports for the period between 2018 and 2020. Olateru said the report was released as part of AIB’s mandate of…
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AIB submits interim report on NAF plane crash involving ex-CAS, Attahiru
The Accident Investigation Bureau Nigeria (AIB-N) has submitted the interim report on the crash involving a military aircraft that killed Lt-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, former Chief of Army Staff to the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshall Oladayo Amao. The crash also killed other passengers in the flight. The announcement was made in a statement issued…
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AIB gives update on aircraft crash that killed ex-Chief of Army Staff
The Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) on Thursday in Abuja gave an update on the recent Nigerian Air Force (NAF) aircraft crash that killed former Chief of Army Staff, Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Commissioner of AIB, Akin Olateru, giving the update, said the preliminary report on the aircraft crash that happened in Kaduna State…
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COAS: Soldiers take over crash site in Kaduna, AIB to commence investigation
Soldiers have cordoned off the site where the Nigerian Airforce plane crashed on Friday evening at the Kaduna International Airport. TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that the plane which was carrying the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru, and other Senior Army Officers crashed near the airport’s active runway, killing all the eleven people on…
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JUST IN: AIB releases preliminary report on Lagos Helicopter Crash
The Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) Monday released the preliminary report of the accident involving a Bell 206B Helicopter operated by Quorum Aviation Limited which crashed into residential buildings in Opebi area of Lagos on August 28, 2020. According to the AIB report the helicopter had no fuel left in the fuel tanks after the crash.…
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AIB begins probe of Air Peace aircraft accident
Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) on Tuesday said it has begun investigation into the circumstances leading to an Air Peace Boeing 737- 300 that had a burst tyre on land at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. There were 133 passengers on board the aircraft which took off from Port Harcourt en route Lagos. The AIB…
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FG approves new conditions of service for AIB workers
The Federal Government has approved a new condition of service for workers of the Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB). Mr Tunji Oketunbi, the General Manager, Public Affairs, AIB, made this known on Tuesday in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the AIB is the agency charged with the responsibility of investigating air accidents…
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AIB commences probe of Air Peace accident
Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) on Saturday said that it has begun investigation into a serious incident involving an Air Peace Boeing aircraft that skidded off the runway to the left about 1300 meters from the Runway 21 threshold of the Port Harcourt International Airport. The aircraft was ferrying 94 passengers and six crew members on…
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Seven years after, AIB releases reports of Late Suntai’s crashed airplane
Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) on Thursday released six final accident reports involving the crash that involved late Taraba State Governor, Danbaba Suntai; who the bureau said was not competent to fly the ill- fated Cessna 208B that crashed on October 25, 2012. The other final reports involved Delta Airlines Airbus A330- 223 on February 13,…
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AIB begins investigations into NCAT aircraft incident
The Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) has begun investigation into the incident involving a Tampico (TB9) aircraft belonging to the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT), Zaria. The General Manager, Public Affairs, AIB, Mr Tunji Oketunbi, made the disclosure in a statement issued on Sunday in Lagos. The pilot of the aircraft with registration number 5N-CBP,…