Indications
emerged on Monday that the Accident Investigation and Preventive Bureau
would send the engines of the crashed Associated Airlines plane abroad
for further investigation.
Sources close to the AIB said the two
engines of the Embraer 120 aircraft, which crashed in Lagos on Thursday
shortly after takeoff, would be taken to Brazil for comprehensive
analyses.
The source said that the engines would
be taken apart with an aim of investigating the root cause of the crash,
which has so far claimed 14 lives.
He said the likely place to carry out
the analyses of the engines was the manufacturer’s laboratory, Embraer
Manufacturing Company, Brazil.
The spokesman for the AIB, Mr. Tunji
Oketunbi, confirmed plans by the agency to take the engines abroad for
comprehensive analyses and tests.
He said, “There may be a need for tear
down of the engines. We are likely to send them to the manufacturer of
the aircraft in Brazil because they are in the best position to carry
out analyses and tests on the damaged engines.
“At our own end here, we will continue
with interviews and other necessary things, and plans are still on to
decode one of the black boxes or Cockpit Voice Recorder this week by our
investigators in charge of the crash.”
Our correspondent gathered that the engines were still at the crash site as at the time of filing this report.
Oketunbi explained that the
manufacturers of the NCAA laboratories were expected to arrive from
Canada this week for the commencement of the decoding of the CVR.
“It is important for us to invite those
who manufactured the laboratories for us. You know the laboratories are
still new and we need to involve them in this process. The manufacturers
still give us support,” he said.
Culled from Punch
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