US shares Wigwe’s helicopter crash report with Nigerian govt

Director-General of Nigerian government agency, the Nigeria Safety and Investigation Bureau (NSIB), Alex Badeh, has said that the United States National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) shared the report of the helicopter crash that claimed the life of the former Group Chief Executive Officer of Access Holdings Plc, Herbert Wigwe, alongside his wife, son, and three […]

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Why helicopter flying Wigwe, others crashed ―US Transport Board

United States National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has attributed the helicopter crash that killed former Access Holdings CEO, Herbert Wigwe, his wife, son, and three others to pilot error caused by spatial disorientation. The NTSB report, released on Wednesday, further indicted the helicopter company, accusing it of “inadequate oversight of its safety management processes”. This […]

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Helicopter with Iran President onboard crashes

A helicopter carrying Iranian President, Ebrahim Raisi, has been involved in an incident while he was visiting neighbouring Azerbaijan, Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency (TNA) reported on X on Sunday according to CNN. “Some of the president’s companions on this helicopter were able to communicate with Central Headquarters, raising hopes that the incident could have […]

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Fatal testing as helicopter prototype’s rotor blade kills young innovator (Video)

It was a fatal experience as a school dropout who aspired to build a helicopter has died after one of the blades of his helicopter prototype slashed his throat while he was testing it. 24-year-old Sheikh Ismail Sheikh Ibrahim, a school dropout from Maharashtra’s Fulsawangi village in Mahagaon tehsil, India, had built the prototype of a single-seater […]

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