Organisers of the forthcoming AIB-LAAC conference on Prevention of Human Factors in Air Accident have provided the Zoom link for intending virtual participants to join the conference.
In a statement obtained by African Business Travel News (ABTN), participants are expected to register and join the conference via the zoom link below:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3843836848
Meeting ID: 384 383 6848
Time: Jan 15, 2021 08:45 AM West Central Africa.
In his comment on the essence of the conference, Commissioner, AIB-N, Engr. Akin Olateru said that no fewer than 75 per cent of air accidents occur due to human factors.
Some of the human factors, according to him included inadequate training for technical personnel, poor facilities, fatigue and poor communication between the cockpit and the control tower amongst others.
He affirmed that like the majority of accidents, these aviation disasters could have been prevented if the necessary precautionary measures were put in place or observed to stop their occurrences.
He explained that though, a few of the human errors in Nigeria in recent time did not necessarily lead to loss of human lives, he lamented that replacement of any damaged parts in aircraft due to human errors cost the operators millions of dollars which could have been channelled to other important aspects of their operations.
He hoped that through the conference, the aviation industry in the globe especially in Nigeria would be safer, insisting that some of the serious incidents and accidents were avoidable.
Besides, Olateru said that the bureau decided to partner with LAAC because of its antecedents in organising successful conferences with useful communiqué, adding that as a league of journalists, the association had in several occasions, promoted air safety and robust journalism.
He said: “After an analysis of the several accident reports we have released since 2017, it has become apparent that about 75 per cent of these accidents and incidents have resulted from human factors. This conference is part of the fulfillment of AIB’s mandate of preventing accident occurrences and reoccurrence and public advocacy of accident situational management.
“LAAC is a dependable ally in this project, considering the various conferences that the association has held in recent years, which have impacted the industry positively. The conference is expected to among other things, educate airline and airport operators, aviation agency personnel, aviation reporters, accident emergency responders and other stakeholders on measures that can help reduce human factors in air accident and incident occurrences, while equipping aviation reporters with more knowledge for accurate reportage of accident and incident occurrences.”
Good day to everybody, I personally appreciate this synergy between the AIB-N and LAAC, a lot of improvements in safety management has been handled through seminars,workshops or accident reports that assist the aviation industry in particular and the human lives in general. This effort is doing the talking as far as am concerned.
Thanking you in anticipation.
I like to join the AIB-LAAC virtual conference on prevention of human factors in air accident.
Is a good plan, thank you all.
Thanks
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