The Nigerian Senate said it has passed the bill for the Act to provide for the establishment of the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB), a multimodal accident investigation agency, coming about a month after the House of Representatives passed the same bill. The senate said this will see to the transformation of the Accident Investigation Bureau, Nigeria (AIB-N) into a …
AIB-N Submits Interim Report On Nigerian Air Force King Air-350 Accident To Chief Of Air Staff
After about three months of painstaking joint investigation following the unfortunate incident involving a Nigerian Air Force (NAF) King Air -350 aircraft at the vicinity of Kaduna Civil Airport on 31 May 2021, the Commissioner and Chief Executive Officer of AIB, Engr Akin Olateru FNSE, on 15 September 2021 submitted an interim report on the sad incident to the Chief …
FAAN Re-Opens Lagos Airport Runway 18L Temporarily Closed Over AzmanAir Tyre Incident
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has announced the re-opening of the Runway 18R in Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, that was temporarily closed yesterday, February 16, 2021, due to an incident in which an AzmanAir aircraft had a burst tyre on landing. FAAN recently tweeted: “Update: Runway 18R in MMIA Lagos that was temporarily closed yesterday …
Recognized …AIB CEO Wins Multiple Awards
The Commissioner of the Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) Nigeria, Engineer. Akin Olateru, received several accolades for his outstanding leadership in aviation development, bestowed on him by three different organizations. He received the award of Aviation Man of the Year 2019 at the Air Transport Industry Awards 2019, the Outstanding Leadership award at the 10th Nigeria Aviation (NIGAV) awards 2019 and …
AIB RELEASES THREE PRELIMINARY REPORTS ON SERIOUS INCIDENTS INVOLVING AIR PEACE.
The Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) Nigeria has released the preliminary reports on serious incidents involving three aircraft owned and operated by Air Peace Limited. The preliminary reports are not the final reports as they 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 …
Capt. Muhtar Usman: Commitment To Improved Regulation In Nigeria – By Roland Ohaeri
According to the 2018 Safety Report released by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), Nigeria ranks among States with above 60% Effective Implementation of the critical safety elements under the Universal Safety Oversight Audit Programme (USOAP). Besides, Nigeria has renewed its Category 1 certificate of the United States, and continues to successfully renew this category 1. Nigeria has continued to …





