Air Peace aircraft incident, AIB backtracks agrees incident happened during taxing

Nigeria Accident Investigation Bureau, AIB, has said the punctured tyre incident involving Air Peace aircraft did not happen when the plane landed. It said the incident happened when the aircraft was taxing to the domestic wing of the Muritala Muhammed Airport, Lagos. The bureau, therefore said it is ceding the investigation to Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA,  since it is not ” a serious incident”.

Revealing the initial findings of AIB, the bureau General Manager, Public Affairs, Mr Tunji Oketunbi said : ” We refer to the occurrence involving a Boeing 737-300 aircraft with nationality and registration marks 5N-BUQ, operated by Air Peace Ltd, which occurred at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos on Monday, March 8, 2021. Initial findings made by the Accident Investigation Bureau, Nigeria (AIB-N) following a download of the aircraft’s Flight Data Recorder (FDR) and Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) revealed that the aircraft experienced a burst tyre during taxing.”

“As the occurrence falls under the category of incident, AIB-N has therefore ceded the investigation to the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA). Further enquiries on this occurrence should be addressed to the NCAA forthwith,” he added. Meanwhile, the latest findings of AIB  tally with the position of Air Peace airline that it aircraft did not have burst while landing.  The airline had maintained that  the incident happened when the aircraft was taxing to the domestic wing of the airport to park and disembark passengers aboard the aircraft from Abuja.