Crash

Anatomy of an avoidable crash: How cockpit compromise, infrastructure gap, exe. PR nearly cost 68 lives in Benin

Posted on by Wole Shadare
Anatomy of an avoidable crash: How cockpit compromise, infrastructure gap, exe. PR nearly cost 68 lives in Benin

  The Nigerian aviation industry has once again stared into the abyss and walked away on the wings of pure luck. The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau’s (NSIB) preliminary report into the July 23, 2026 runway excursion of an Enugu Air Embraer ERJ 170-100LR (5N-ENR) at Benin Airport exposes an alarming reality: when operational indiscipline in the cockpit meets infrastructural neglect on the ground, catastrophe becomes a mathematical certainty. While all 68 passengers and crew evacuated…

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Crashed Sikorsky helicopter crew disoriented before crash

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Crashed Sikorsky helicopter crew disoriented before crash

Used non-standard phraseology during flight, Struggled with aircraft Helicopter fitted with no FDR, CVR recovered from the seabed The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) on Tuesday released a preliminary report of an accident involving a Sikorsky S76C helicopter with registration 5N-BQG operated by East Wind Aviation Logistics Services Limited which occurred in the Atlantic Ocean South East of Eket, Bight of Bonny which occurred on October 24, 2024, killing all the eight occupants of the…

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Hasty speculations violate rules of helicopter crash probe

Posted on by Wole Shadare
Hasty speculations violate rules of helicopter crash probe

The crash of a Sikorsky SK76 with registration 5NBQG operated by East Wind Aviation recently has elicited varied reactions from the aviation industry and outside of the industry. The comments by some self-styled aviation experts, self-appointed stakeholders and journalists have again brought to the fore the cardinal rule of aviation reporting which makes it highly unprofessional to give the cause of a crash that its investigation has not started not to talk of an accident…

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Three bodies recovered from helicopter crash at Bonny Finima

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Three bodies recovered from helicopter crash at Bonny Finima

The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) said three bodies have been recovered out of the eight souls that perished in a helicopter crash that occurred at the Bonny Finima on Thursday.  The accident occurred at about 11:22 am on 24/10/24. The aircraft which departed Port Harcourt Airport Base to an oil rig had 8 persons on board with a fuel endurance of 0215 according to NAMA. NAMA’s  Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, Abdullahi Musa…

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Airlines unblock lower ticket inventories as fares on int’l’ routes set to crash

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Airlines unblock lower ticket inventories as fares on int’l’ routes set to crash

Fares on Nigerian routes most expensive in Africa NCAA sets up ten-man committee on travel cost reduction   In a move to halt the spiralling cost of air tickets in the country and make travelling affordable for Nigerians, the Director General of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) Captain Chris Najomo, has set up a 10-man Committee to look into the high cost of tickets in the country.  The committee is coming on the heels…

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Wigwe: NTSB’s preliminary report highlights probable causes, gives crash graphic details

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Wigwe: NTSB’s preliminary report highlights probable causes, gives crash graphic details

 Accident reveals 1.5 ft deep, 12 ft long 10 ft wide ground crater NSIB actively engaging US probe agency Adverse weather, snow mix also fingered   The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) said it has received a preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) of the accident involving Airbus Helicopter EC130B4 in which former Access Bank’s Group Chief Executive Officer, Herbert Wigwe, his wife Doreen, son, Chizi and former Chairman of the Nigerian…

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