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A United States of America aviation lawyer, Robert Clifford, has stated the tragic helicopter crash that claimed the lives of the Group Chief Government Officer of Entry Holdings, Herbert Wigwe, and different outstanding Nigerians in California on Friday may have been averted.
Clifford, who’s the Founder and Senior Accomplice of Clifford Legislation Workplaces in Chicago, disclosed this in a press assertion posted on the corporate’s web site on Wednesday.
Wigwe, his spouse Doreen, his son Chizi, and a former Group Chairman of the Nigerian Inventory Alternate, Abimola Ogunbanjo, misplaced their lives in a deadly crash.
The Airbus Helicopter EC130B4, carrying six occupants, together with two crew members, crashed at a border city between California and Nevada.
Clifford’s assertion got here amid an ongoing investigation of the chopper crash by the US Nationwide Transportation Security Board.
Already, investigators from the company have transferred the plane wreckage to a different location within the US for complete laboratory examination and evaluation.
The preliminary report of the crash is predicted to be prepared in 4 weeks, in response to NTSB.
The assertion, posted on Clifford Legislation Workplaces web site learn partially, “The crash of a helicopter that killed six folks together with a high Nigerian banker and his household alongside the California-Nevada border Saturday night time instantly strikes one as a tragedy which will have been prevented given the recognized climate situations at the moment.”
Clifford was the Lead Counsel within the crash of a Boeing 737 MAX8 aircraft in Ethiopia which killed all of the 157 souls on board from 35 international locations on March 10, 2019.
The US legal professional, who claimed to have additionally represented victims of many helicopter crashes questioned the choice of the pilots and others to allegedly take off in what was described as tough climate situations.
There have been media experiences that through the crash at 10pm on Friday, residents of the realm reported rain and wintry climate situations.
Nevertheless, Clifford expressed hopes that the US Nationwide Transportation Security Board would unravel if the crash was avoidable or not after its ongoing investigations.
“The Nationwide Transportation Security Board investigators will completely look at all features of what led as much as the crash and finally will use their experience to find out the possible reason behind this crash to see if it was avoidable,” Clifford stated.
He added, “It’s all the time a horrific tragedy when harmless lives are misplaced in an aviation catastrophe.”
The NTBS has commenced an investigation, gathering essential firm info, together with pilot information, flight dispatch information, and plane upkeep information.
The US company had disclosed plans to switch the wreckage to a safe location on Tuesday for an in-depth examination and evaluation scheduled. Nevertheless, the NTBS has but to speak what it discovered from the examination.
Whereas a preliminary report on the crash is predicted to be launched inside 4 weeks, in March, a full NTSB investigation will final 12 to 24 months earlier than the ultimate report is issued.
Earlier in a press convention on Sunday, the NTSB revealed that witnesses reported “wintry combine” climate situations, together with rain, on the time of the crash.
A Board Member, NTSB, Michael Graham acknowledged, “We at the moment have a meteorologist engaged on our group and we had been working to analyse and get the precise climate situations at the moment.
“In fact, that’s out in the course of the desert so we’ll have to seek out the closest reporting stations close by to have the ability to give any correct report,” he stated.
The PUNCH reported that investigators talked about that the helicopter was not geared up with a cockpit voice recorder or a flight information recorder, though the plane was not required to have it, in response to Graham.
In the meantime, the NTSB in an announcement on Wednesday urged the Federal Aviation Administration to mandate the retrofitting of all current airplanes geared up with a cockpit voice recorder and a flight information recorder.
This name for motion by the NTSB was in response to the Alaska Airways accident on January 5, 2024, the place essential information was overwritten.
The proposed improve entails enhancing these units to report 25 hours of audio, a big improve from the present commonplace of two hours.
Since 2018, at the least 14 NTSB investigations have been hampered as a result of cockpit voice recorder, or CVR, information had been overwritten, together with seven critical runway incursions that occurred in early 2023.
NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy stated “Within the current Alaska Airways door plug blowout accident, our investigators don’t have the CVR audio to completely perceive the entire challenges the flight crew confronted in response to the emergency.
“Any investigation through which the CVR audio is overwritten and unavailable to us signifies that we might miss alternatives to deal with issues of safety recognized on recordings. And that’s unacceptable.”
Adeboye, Sanwo-Olu, others
In the meantime, the Common Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church, Enoch Adeboye, Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, visited the residence of Herbert Wigwe’s dad and mom in Lagos on Wednesday.
Adeboye acquired to the Wigwe’s firm shortly after Sanwo-Olu. Each of them met the aged dad and mom of the late Group Chief Government Officer of Entry Holdings Plc, Wigwe.
Seen on the household home of the Wigwes had been Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, the previous Group Managing Director of Entry Financial institution, Mr. Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede, who’re each repeat guests.
Others had been the founding father of Warranty Belief Financial institution (GTBank Plc), Mr. Fola Adeola, and Chairman of Entry Financial institution Plc. and former President of the Nigerian Bar Affiliation Mr. Paul Usoro.
Talking on the late Entry Holdings GCEO, a former Minister of Well being, Julius Adelusi-Adeluyi stated, “Herbert was considered one of our kids, and we are saying to ourselves in him, a star was born, and that star developed right into a gem. And now we’re witnessing a scenario that the star that was born that has changed into a gem that’s gone.
“It wants a a lot of cautious persistence to have the ability to cope. It’s an enormous tragedy. We don’t understand how of God, there may be nothing that he does that isn’t for the nice of mankind. So we are saying, might his soul relaxation in peace.”
Director-Common of the Securities and Alternate Fee, Lamido Yuguda, in his feedback stated, “We pray for the soul of the departed. Could God consolation all these left behind.”
Talking, Mr. Norrison Quakers SAN described Wigwe as tenacious goal-getter, who was dedicated to the work of God.
He stated, “Herbert was hospitable, unpretentious, and one who made certain that his wealth went spherical. He was tenacious, purposeful, decided, and a purpose getter. Did he obtain all that he got down to obtain? Nicely, one can say, with the quick life that he had lived, one can say {that a} a lot of the objectives that he set for himself, he was capable of obtain them.
“He has impacted lives. And you may see the quantity of people that have come round and the compliments, messages that the household has been getting. It reveals the form of individual he was whereas he was but alive. It is a lesson for many people. That if you are alive, make use of the expertise that God has given to you and in addition your assets.”
Additionally, a former Tremendous Eagles goalkeeper, Idah Peterside, wrote within the condolence register, “Chie Herbert, Na so?”
The primary feminine Chief Decide of the federal Courtroom, Justice Rose Ukeje stated “Pricey lord all of it. Nothing occurs with out your consent. Please Lord consolation Pa Pastor Wigwe and woman Stella. We commit them to your care, might your abiding grace see them by this tragedy. We pray and we imagine thou will grant our prayer. Amen.”
A former Minister of Petroleum Sources and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Akwa lbom state, Don Etiebet wrote “Could the soul of my good friend, spouse and son relaxation in good peace. I shall miss you Herbert.”