To reduce the high rate of human errors in air accidents in the Nigerian aviation industry, the Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB-N) in partnership with the League of Airport and Aviation Correspondents (LAAC) is organising one-day conference. The conference, which will be held physically and virtually, is scheduled to hold on January 15, 2021, in Lagos, with the theme: ‘Preventing Human Factors in Accident Occurrences.’
No fewer than 300 industry stakeholders such as airline operators, airport operators, investigators, safety inspectors, pilots, engineers and Air Traffic Controllers (ATC) are expected to participate in the event.
Due to the Covid-19 protocols and the guidelines set out by the Presidential Taskforce (PTF) on Covid-19 and the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), physical participation is limited to only 80 guests, while others would join the conference virtually through the Zoom network.
Commissioner of AIB, Akin Olateru (left) and Director-General of the NCAA, Capt. Musa Nuhu, at the commissioning of the 11-man committee in Abuja
Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) Nigeria, in partnership with the League of Airport and Aviation Correspondents (LAAC), will be meeting to chart a path to reducing human errors in air crashes.
Commissioner of AIB, Akin Olateru, said that no fewer than 75 per cent of air accidents occur due to human factors. Some of the human factors, according to him, include inadequate training for technical personnel, poor facilities, fatigue and poor communication between the cockpit and the control tower, among others.