The Nigeria Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) has directed the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) to review Dana Air Limited’s training programme and standard operating procedures

The bureau said the review should highlight Crew Resource Management (CRM) and Threat and Error Management (TEM) as tools for managing abnormal or emergency operations.

NSIB directives are contained in four incidents and accidents reports and 20 safety recommendations released on Thursday at a virtual news conference.

NSIB’s director-general, Alex Badeh, and the Director of Transport Investigation, Abdullahi Babanya, jointly addressed the news conference.

“The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) should ensure that Dana Air Limited adheres to standard phraseology in communicating indication malfunctions during abnormal or emergency operations.

“ NCAA should ensure Dana Air Limitedcompliesy with timely use of the checklist /quick reference handbook, particularly at critical phases of flight when dealing with abnormal and emergency situations in line with standard company operating procedures.

” Nigeria Airspace Management Agency should ensure that air traffic controllers always insist on the communication of specific malfunctions with standard phraseology, in this instance, the use of `indicated system malfunction…` rather than `gear disagree,” the bureau recommended.

The recommendations were sequel to the preliminary report “On serious incident involving MD-82 aircraft operated by Dana with nationality and registration marks 5N-BKl, which occurred at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos on April 23.

The preliminary report of the bureau also revealed how a popular Nollywood actor, Johnpaul Odonwodo, popularly known as Junior Pope and four other Nollywood personalities died on April 10 when their boat capsized in Anam River in Anambra en route to Asaba Jetty.

According to the report, the boat, which was conveying 12 Nollywood movie production crew members and the driver, was travelling at high speed when it crashed into a crossing local fishing canoe.

“ Investigators from the Enugu Regional Office of NSIB were dispatched to the accident site on April 12, 2024.

“The boat driver was not certified. The fibre boat was not registered with the National Inland Waterways Authority,” the report read.

The report said rowdiness in the boat distracted the driver not to look out as required, adding that the boat was at high speed and the crossing canoe was moving at a much slower speed.

“The only passenger wearing a life jacket came with it and was not provided by the operator. The passenger wearing the life jacket was one of the survivors.

“ The boat was fitted with an outboard engine. Rescue operation was not timely, and there were no trained divers around to assist in the operation,” the report read.

The NSIB also released the final reports of an aviation incident involving an Embra 145 LR Aircraft operated by Air Peace Limited with national and registration marks 5N-BVD, which occurred in Kaduna (civil) airport on January 14, 2021.

The second aviation final report was the on-ground collision between a lavatory service truck with fleet number 9/5 operated by Skyway Aviation Handling Co. Plc (SAHCO) and a parked Boeing 737-300 aircraft with national and registration marks 5N-DAB.

According to the report, the incident on November 21, 2021, involved the aircraft owned and operated by Max Air Limited.

Mr Bade said the publication of the four reports served as a testament to NSIB’s commitment to safety and underscored its mission to prevent similar occurrences in the future. 

(NAN)