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- 3 Oct 2013
AIB Launches Investigation into Associated Airlines Crash
Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) has launched preliminary investigation into Associated Airlines plane that crashed at the MMIA in Lagos at about 9.32am yesterday The aviation accident…
- 8 Aug 2018
AIB Introduces New App to Probe Aircraft Accidents
Accident Investigation Bureau, AIB, has introduced a new App that would assist in investigating aircraft accidents and incidents. The agency said in a statement issued yesterday that its target was…
- 11 Oct 2013
Preliminary Report on Associated Airline Crash Points To IT Failure
The Accident Investigation, Prevention Bureau (AIPB) has released a preliminary associated airline crash involving embraer 120 aircraft registered 5n-BJY which occurred at MMA on Thursday 3rd…
- 8 Jan 2014
NIMET, AIPB Record Major Milestones
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET) and the Accident Investigation and Prevention Bureau (AIPB) have recorded various achievements that have enhanced aviation safety and security in Nigeria’s…
- 27 Aug 2021
AIB Mulls Digital Infographic Reporting System
The Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) has hinted that it has concluded plans to digitalise database graphics to make it easier for airlines, including anyone interested in the report to read. The…
- 21 Aug 2020
AIB Probes Crash of JED Air into Fence at Lagos Airport
A Jet in the fleet of JED Air has crashed into a fence at the General Aviation Terminal (GAT), local wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos. It was gathered that the aircraft, King Air 200 Jet…
- 17 Mar 2025
Aero Contractors and NSIB Forge Partnership to Elevate Aviation Safety and Training in Nigeria
Aero Contractors, Nigeria’s foremost aviation company, has entered into a strategic partnership with the Nigeria Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) to strengthen aviation safety through data sharing,…
- 8 May 2023
NSIB Begins Investigation into Max Air Incident
Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) said it has commenced investigation into a serious incident involving a B737-400 with nationality and registration marks 5N-MBD operated by Max Air, which…
- 15 Feb 2018
Delta Airlines apologizes to AIB over protocol Violation
Delta Airline has apologised to the Accident Investigation Bureau over the airline’s failure to notify the agency on emergency landing of its Airbus 330-200 aircraft on Tuesday night. The Atlanta…
- 20 Aug 2019
Nigeria Seeks AfDB Funding for Aviation Projects
Nigeria is urging the African Development Bank (AfDB) to take over the funding of several projects geared at maintaining air safety in Africa following the decision of the United States of America to…
- 11 Jul 2015
Emirates Says 300 Passengers Safe after Planes Collision
Emirates airline has confirmed that its flight from Lagos to Dubai on July 6 had to be aborted after the aircraft made contact with another plane parked on the runway. The incident occurred on Monday…
- General News21 Aug 2026
Autobrake Failure Contributed to Enugu Air’s Benin Runway Overrun - NSIB
Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) has identified an inoperative autobrake system as one of the factors that contributed to the runway overrun involving an Enugu Air aircraft at Benin Airport.
- 12 Oct 2018
Overland Aircraft Catches Fire at Lagos Airport
A turboprop aircraft belonging to Overland Airways was on Friday severely damaged by fire while parked at the airline’s hanger at the General Aviation Terminal (GAT) of the Murtala Muhammed Airport,…
- 8 Oct 2014
Nigeria Aviation Shines on World Stage
The aviation community is in a celebratory mood following confirmation that Nigeria had retained her Category-one status. This has once again confirmed in unambiguous terms that the reforms in the…
- 13 Apr 2017
FAAN Fire Incidence: Committee Given 2 Weeks to Submit Report
Following the fire that ravaged its headquarters on Tuesday, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has constituted a panel of inquiry to investigate the incident. Engr Saleh Dunoma,…
- 4 Jun 2015
AIB Publishes "Final" Interim Report on Dana Air Crash
On the 3rd of June, 2012 at about 1545 hours, a Boeing MD-83 aircraft, Registration 5N-RAM on a domestic scheduled commercial flight operated by Dana Airlines as (DANACO 0992), crashed into a densely…
- 22 Apr 2014
FG Rules out Sabotage in Kaduna Airport Fire
The federal government on Tuesday ruled out sabotage as the likely cause of the fire incident at the control tower of the Kaduna Airport. Dr. Samuel Ortom, supervising minster of Aviation, after…
- 12 Jan 2014
NCAA Refutes Air Crashes Complicity Claims
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has debunked reports in a local medium insinuating that the Authority was responsible for the last two plane crashes in the country. It said that the…
- 27 Mar 2014
Aviation Trainee Veers Off Runway
A trainee aircraft No 5N-BRM belonging to The International Aviation College veered off the runway while landing on a solo flight at the Ilorin Airport on Thursday at 10.20 UTC with one pilot on…
- 30 Nov 2015
Cyber Security: Aligning Nigeria With Rest Of The World
Top cyber threats listed by the United State’s Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) are hacktivism, crime, insider, espionage, terrorism and warfare. The world is no longer witnessing an era of…
- 10 Jan 2017
Buhari Sacks, Appoints New CEOs for Aviation Parastatals
President Muhammadu Buhari monday approved the appointments of four new Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) for four agencies and parastatals in the ministry of aviation. In a statement signed by the…
- 8 Jul 2018
NITT, NCAT Inaugurates Four Man Committee to explore Possible Areas of collaboration
Nigerian Institute of Transport Technology (NITT) and Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT) have inaugurated a four-man committee to explore possible areas of collaboration. Mr Paul…
- 31 Oct 2013
NAAE Dismisses Rumours, Says Nigerian Airspace is Safe
National Association of Air Traffic Engineers (NAAE) has insisted that the Nigerian airspace is safe for flying, saying that anybody with any contrary opinion to this is misleading the public.…
- 2 Oct 2014
LAAC Charges New NCAA DG on Performance
Captain Usman Muhktar, the newly confirmed director general of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), has been urged to surpass the records set by Dr Demuren while in office. Members of…
- 16 Feb 2021
Passengers Escape Death as Azman Plane Suffers Tyre Burst during Landing in Lagos
Passengers on board a Boeing 737 air craft belonging to Azman Air escaped death on Tuesday as the plane had tyre burst during landing at Murtala Mohammed Airport, Lagos. All the passengers and crew…
- 5 Mar 2014
FG Sacks Heads of Aviation Agencies
The sack tsunami that started in Aviation industry three weeks ago, on Tuesday has swept away the heads of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), the Nigerian Airspace Management…
- 30 Nov 2014
Runway Incident: Overland CEO Flies Passengers, As Investigations Begin
‎Capt. Edward Boyo, chief executive officer of Overland Airways at the weekend participated in flying Ibadan and Lagos bound passengers following the flight 1186, an ATR 72 aircraft with…