Tuesday 22 September 2015

BRISTOW HELICOPTER PUSH ROD DICONNECTED BEFORE CRASH-AIB


Remember the Bristow Helicopter crash at Oworonshoki recently? The Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) has said it's push rod was responsible for this. The push rod disconnected and plunged the aircraft into the Lagos Lagoon with 12 people on boards on the 12th August 2015. The AIB Commissioner Dr Felix Abali  said that the team of investigators were still putting together the findings of   download carried out in the United Kingdom on the flight data and cockpit voice recorders recovered from the crashed chopper .It was gathered that those on board were unable to inflate their life jackets or to deploy the raft which worsened their plight.

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