AIB releases Preliminary Reports on Serious Incidents involving Air Peace, Max Air
The Accident Investigation Bureau, Nigeria (AIB-N) has released two preliminary reports on serious incidents involving two aircraft owned and operated by Air Peace Limited and Max Air.
It would be recalled that the Air Peace Boeing 737-500 aircraft with nationality and registration marks 5N-BUJ, was en route Sam Mbakwe Airport, Owerri on 5th November 2019 when the incident occurred at about 23,000 feet above Mean Sea Level (FL230).
On the other hand, the serious incident involving Max Air Boeing 747-400 aircraft with nationality and registration marks 5N-DBK occurred at Runway 05, Minna International Airport on 7th September 2019.
Transcript of the details of the report is made available on the Bureau’s website (www.aib.gov.ng).
The Bureau, however, said 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, investigation on this occurrence is still ongoing and a final report on the incident will be released at the conclusion of the investigation.
Full details of the reports can be found in the following links:
https://aib.gov.ng/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/PRELIMINARY-REPORT-ON-THE-MAX-AIR-5N-DBK-SEPT-2019.pdf
