Asaba Incident: Aircraft’s black box data overwritten after crew flew back to Lagos – NSIB
The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) has said critical data from the flight recorder of the private jet that landed on a road near Asaba Airport was overwritten after the aircraft was flown back to Lagos before investigators could take custody of it.
For the NSIB, the investigation now involves reconstructing the occurrence despite the loss of critical flight data, while also examining the circumstances that led the crew to leave the scene and return the aircraft to Lagos before investigators arrived.
Crew flew aircraft back without ATC clearance Mr Badeh said the decision to return the aircraft to Lagos before investigators arrived created a major challenge for the safety investigation.
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