“When I was growing up, the frequent plane crashes that used to occur made me curious.” - Taiwo Ajayi, the first female accident investigator at Nigeria's Accident Investigation Bureau. Nigeria AIB
to know what cause planes to crash. I eventually found work in aviation after school, and when the opportunity presented itself to train as an investigator, I took it.
After going through that training, you have to learn how to fly a plane which is also rigorous, because if you have phobia for flying, then you would have serious problems. It is after that, you will be sent to a facility for on the job training to put what you have learnt into practice.When I got in here , we didn’t have someone who was a full-fledged air traffic controller that could guide us with the reports.
Right now, we have 34 safety investigators on ground, and we have some people on standby, who have been recruited because there is always a succession plan in management. We believe that once everybody is well-trained for the job, we would be able to handle any situation, not like before when we had less manpower. AIB is playing a massive role in West Africa, as we have made our services available to countries outside Nigeria.
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