AIB-N releases initial report on 4 serious incidents, accident

Plc (SAHCO) lavatory service truck with fleet number 9/5 on 21st November 2021.

The third is that of a serious incident involving a Boeing 737-300 aircraft owned and operated by Air Peace Limited with nationality and registration marks 5N-BUQ, which occurred after take-off from Sam Mbakwe Airport, Owerri, Nigeria enroute Lagos on 22nd November, 202.

The fourth report is the preliminary report on an accident involving a Bell 429 helicopter owned and operated by Nigeria Police Air Wing with nationality and registration marks 5N-MDA, which occurred at the Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Airport, Bauchi, Nigeria on 26th January, 2022.

Tunji Oketumbi, the bureau spokesman, in a statement, said the reports are already on the Bureau’s website (www.aib.gov.ng).

“Preliminary reports are not the final reports as they only contain details of the initial facts, discussions and findings surrounding the occurrences; which include information gathered from witness statements, flight recorders, Health and Usage Monitoring System (HUMS) Data, Flight Data Monitoring (FDM) data, and preliminary inspection of the accident sites and the wreckages.

“Therefore, investigations on these serious incidents and accidents are still ongoing and final reports will be released at the conclusions of the respective investigations,” the statement reads in parts.