Black Box Of Crashed COAS Aircraft Recovered,Investigation Ongoing

The Flight Data Recorder (FDR) and the Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) from the crashed Beechcraft 350 aircraft that led to the deaths of the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant-General Ibrahim Attahiru and 10 other officers, have been recovered.

The Accident Investigation Bureau revealed this on Saturday.

In a statement signed by the AIB’s General Manager of Public Affairs, Tunji Oketunbi, the agency has been mandated by the Nigerian Air Force to “lead the Investigation into the crash” of the military aircraft on Friday.

“Investigators will download and analyse vital information contained in the recorders at the AIB-N’s world-class flight safety laboratory in Abuja,” Oketumbi said in a statement.

He noted that the mandate given to AIB-N was based on the Memorandum of Understanding it signed with the military on July 1, 2020 covering areas of mutual assistance.

“The crash, which occurred on landing, claimed 11 lives including the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen Ibrahim Attahiru, his aides, and the flight crew”.

Meanwhile, the remains of the officers who died in the crash have been laid to rest at the national military cemetery in Abuja.