AIB, NCAA organise workshop for Investigators, Aviation journalists, others, to promote air safety.
Oru Leonard
Accident Investigation Bureau Nigeria(AIB) and Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) in collaboration with Southern California Safety
Institute(SCSI) organised a workshop to train Air safety Investigators, Airport correspondents, Aviation stakeholders, among others, on the basic skills required for efficient and effective air accident.
Investigation occurrence and its coverage, as well as, good management of information arising from same, and its accurate reportage.
The workshop which will run till
Friday 11th November, 2022, with the theme: “Investigation Management and Media Relations (IMMR)”, is taking at place at Abuja, with participants drawn from the industry Regulators, Air traffic controllers, Air accident Investigators, Media practitioners, and a host of others, is part of the Bureau’s effort to promote air safety.
Addressing participants at the commencement of the training, Air accident Investigation Expert, Matt
Robinson, from Southern California Safety Institute (SCSI), and the programme Coordinator, Dr Abiodun,
Asekun , a renowned aircraft engineer, both in their remarks stated that, the programme is designed to ensure that participants at the end of the training are expected to be abreast of basic principles of Air accident Investigation and aviation safety standards framework, required for the efficient and effective conduct and coordination of aviation safety management systems (SMS) .
This is not the first time AIB is organising this kind of programmes.
Recall that AIB had, in 2019 organised similar programmes in Lagos for aviation correspondents but was stalled as a result of covid 19 pandemic.
The Abuja edition of the workshop, coming barely a week to the commencement of the Banjul Accord Group Accident Investigation Agency (BAGAIA) programme and workshops in which, AIB will host, equally explains the Bureau‘s resolve not to rest on its oars in stepping up efforts to deepen
partnership and collaboration of inter- agency to secure a safer airspace.
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