A fatal air crash involving Quorum Aviation Limited’s helicopter that fell in the densely populated Opebi area of Ikeja in Lagos, on August 28, 2020, was caused by a pilot error, fuel shortage, among other factors, a final accident report released by the Accident Investigation Report has revealed.
The report detailed how the ill-fated chopper came down just about three minutes to landing at the Lagos airport, leading to the death of the pilot and two other crew members on board.
The AIB on Thursday released the Quorum Aviation crash report alongside four other accident and serious incident reports, as well as one safety bulletin to the public.
The ill-fated had crashed into two buildings in the highbrow Opebi area of Lagos.
The Commissioner, AIB, Akin Olateru, while reading the accident reports in Abuja, said the Quorum Aviation chopper crash was caused by fuel exhaustion at low altitude and low speed leading to loss of control in flight.
He added, “The decision to continue the flight towards the intended destination with insufficient fuel instead of landing as soon as practicable in line with section 12.12 of Quorum Aviation Limited Operations Manual Part A”
“There was lack of effective management supervision of the airline’s flight operations and inadequate safety oversight of Quorum Aviation Limited.”
As a result, the AIB recommended, among other things, that the NCAA-the industry regulator-should ensure that carrier takes necessary steps to ensure safe operations are achieved.
