Aviation stakeholders call for training, retraining to mitigate air accidents, serious incidents
Aviation stakeholders have stressed the need for training and retraining as a major factor to mitigate air accidents and serious incidents in the sector.
The stakeholders also called on the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) to improve on communication equipment between pilots and towers and ground-ground communication.
In a communique issued at the end of the conference organised by the Accident Investigation Bureau, AIB-Nigeria in collaboration with the League of Airport and Aviation Correspondents, LAAC, at the Lagos Sheraton Hotel, on prevention of human factors in air accident occurrences, the participants advised airline operators to strictly adhere to the quality assurance system for better productivity and safety environment.
Employers were charged to have a one-one relationship with their employees in order to increase safety and reduce human factors in air accidents and incidents.
The participants charged the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) to increase unscheduled inspection on aircraft and technical personnel especially at the airside.
It was confirmed that aircraft accidents are dominated by human factor failures.
The participants agreed that human errors contribute more to aircraft incidents and accidents than any other single factor, including the fact that every aviation accident is a global tragedy.
The participants strongly advised that it is important to ensure a reduction in air accidents in Nigeria especially those that have to do with human factors while
AIB was lauded for contributing to a reduction in air accidents and serious incidents in Nigeria through implementable safety recommendations.
The stakeholders also agreed that for substantial progress in air transportation safety to be achieved, it is necessary to focus on the most frequently occurring air accidents, such as the Controlled flight Into Terrain (CFIT) and runway excursions.
Respective authorities were asked to focus on the phases of flight especially at its beginning (takeoff) and end (landing) while the regulatory authorities were asked to enforce implementation by certified entities and licensed personnel to prevent reoccurrence and improve safety records.
Other recommendations made at the event include:
That Human Factors in aviation occurrences are most times seen as the negative consequence of the liveware dimension in the interactive ecosystem,
that automation may not necessarily prevent air accident, that Aviation needs interrelationship between the livewire (humans) and hardwire (machines) components to prevent human errors in air accident, that Intermodal investigating agency will lead to improved safety not just in the aviation industry, but in every mode of transport, that Intermodal investigating agency will lead to improved safety not just in the aviation industry, but in every mode of transport
Participants observed that humans are the weakest weak links in air safety. Aircraft manufacturers have put in processes and measures on how to choose, train and retrain personnel
Stakeholders in the sector in Nigeria canvassed for the adoption of SHELL Model (Software, Hardware, Environment, Liveware) to mitigate air accidents and serious incidents
Stakeholders were called upon to critically review the relationship between the liveware and hardware component.
Participants charged the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) to increase unscheduled inspection on aircraft and technical personnel especially at the airside.
Stakeholders recommended the establishment of a laboratory by the Joint User Hydrant Installation (JUHI) operators at the airport in order to improve the quality of Jet A1 (Aviation Fuel) procured in Nigeria.
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