The Accident Investigation Bureau, Nigeria (AIB -N) has commenced investigation into Friday’s crash which claimed 11 lives including the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, in Kaduna.
The bureau’s General Manager, Public Affairs, Tunji Oketunbi, confirmed the development in a statement issued in Lagos on Saturday.
Oketunbi said the investigation has commenced as the Flight Data Recorder (FDR) and the Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) from the Beechcraft 350 aircraft had been recovered.
“Investigators will download and analyse vital information contained in the recorders at the AIB-N’s world class Flight Safety Laboratory in Abuja.
“The mandate given to AIB-N is based on the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed between the two agencies on July 1, 2020 covering areas of mutual assistance,” he said.
Oketunbi said the investigation would be carried out diligently and professionally by its trained investigators.
The crash, which occurred on landing, had claimed 11 lives including the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, his aides, and the flight crew.
Attahiru and other officers who died in the plane crash were laid to rest at the National Military Cemetery, Abuja on Saturday, with full military honours.
