mandate airlines to develop assistance plans for the families of air crash
victims in Nigeria. AIB’s Chief Executive Officer, Akin Olateru, disclosed this in Abuja at the 2022 International Day for the Commemoration of Air Crash Victims and their Families. He noted that to support families of victims of air crashes, the International Civil Aviation Organisation came up with policies to champion this. He explained that family assistance entailed the provision of services and information that would address the concerns and needs of the aircraft accident victims and their families. The AIB boss however noted that a significant decrease in accident rates had been recorded through several activities including investigations and their safety recommendations, voluntary safety reporting, safety cultures, and Safety Management Systems. He stated that poor safety management in aviation would not only damage the aircraft involved, but could also cause the avoidable loss of human lives onboard the unfortunate aircraft and, sometimes, on ground.