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Crashed Plane: Soldiers, Hunters Begin Search For Black Box by bilymuse: 7:27am On Sep 09, 2008 |
[size=15pt]Crashed Plane: Soldiers, Hunters Begin Search for Black Box[/size]By Chinedu Eze, 09.09.2008 Add To Favorites Print This Article Post Comment A group of hunters along with 10 soldiers will this morning lead investigators from the Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) to the site where the twin turbo-prop Beechcraft 1900D crashed on March 15 at Busi village in Cross River State. The crashed plane was discovered with the remains of the crew on August 30. The delegation is in search of the missing flight data recorder (FDR) and cockpit data recorder (CDR) known as black box. Disclosing this to newsmen yesterday, spokesman of the Bureau, Mr. Tunji Oketunbi, said the agency had been hamstrung by the inability of the investigators to access the site because no helicopter had been able to land on the hill near the site . The crew of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) rescue helicopter that was initially carrying out the operation stopped work as its agreement date with NEMA had expired. "That place (Busi) to Obudu is eight hours in the jungle. We are trying not to expose our investigators to that kind of risk and the stress, but our investigators have volunteered that they will go and do the job. There are soldiers and hunters that will go with them," he said. He assured that the black box would be found at the site if there is a thorough search for it, lamenting that the area has thick forest which constituted a big hindrance to the investigators. "The black box will be recovered from the site, because on Wednesday the team that went to inspect the sight could not conclude their assignment for that day because of the weather that made it difficult for the helicopter to leave that place on time, we thought that by Friday they would be back on site, but logistic problem had now set in. "Without crew to operate the only functional helicopter owned by NEMA , the agency had no choice than to resort to conducting the search on foot with the villagers and the soldiers," he said. source:http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=122018 |
Re: Crashed Plane: Soldiers, Hunters Begin Search For Black Box by bilymuse: 7:30am On Sep 09, 2008 |
Its now confirmed; Aviation ministry has formally recognise the role of hunters. |
Re: Crashed Plane: Soldiers, Hunters Begin Search For Black Box by Nobody: 7:50am On Sep 09, 2008 |
No be only black box, what about blue box? I hope the hunters are going to get good allowances even though the search will be fruitless. There was no crash in the first place. |
Re: Crashed Plane: Soldiers, Hunters Begin Search For Black Box by idupaul: 7:52am On Sep 09, 2008 |
There was no crash in the first place. Do u mean the aircraft frame was planted there for hunters to locate? |
Re: Crashed Plane: Soldiers, Hunters Begin Search For Black Box by bawomolo(m): 2:41pm On Sep 09, 2008 |
" Without crew to operate the only functional helicopter owned by NEMA wow naija is definitely lucky not to have extreme weather conditiions. just one functional helicopter ![]() |
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