The Nigeria Safety Investigation Bureau has mandated the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority to review the training program and standard operating procedures of Dana Air Limited
This was disclosed in the four incidents and accident reports and 20 safety recommendations released on Thursday at a virtual news conference.
According to the Bureau, the review should highlight Crew Resource Management (CRM) and Threat and Error Management (TEM) as tools for managing abnormal or emergency operations.
NSIB’s Director-General, Capt. Alex Badeh, and Director of Transport Investigation, Mr Abdullahi Babanya, jointly addressed the news conference
The NSIB specified, “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 Limited complies with timely use of Checklist / Quick Reference Handbook particularly at critical phases of flight when dealing with abnormal and emergencies in line with standard company operating procedures.
”Nigeria Airspace Management Agency should ensure that Air Traffic Controllers always insist on communication of specific malfunctions with standard phraseology, in this instance, the use of indicated system malfunction… rather than `gear disagree.”
The recommendations follow a preliminary report on a serious incident on 23 April at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, involving an MD-82 aircraft operated by Dana with nationality and registration number 5NBKl.
In addition to this incident, the NSIB released final reports on two other aviation incidents. One involved an Embraer 145 LR Aircraft operated by Air Peace Limited, which occurred at Kaduna (civil) airport on January 14, 2021.
The other was a ground collision between a lavatory service truck operated by Skyway Aviation Handling Co. Plc (SAHCO) and a parked Boeing 737-300 aircraft owned by Max Air Limited, which occurred on November 21, 2021.
Director-General Bade said that the NSIB’s commitment to safety had been demonstrated by its publication of these reports, which underlined its mission of preventing similar occurrences in the future
