By Lawani  Mikairu & Daniel Eteghe

lagos—The Commissioner of Accident Investigation Bureau, AIB, Dr. Felix Abali yesterday called on the public to show some understanding and patience during air accident investigations to enable the Bureau come out with a comprehensive and dispassionate report.

Abali made this call yesterday during his welcome address at the stakeholders forum on draft amendment to AIB regulations in Lagos.

According to the AIB Boss, “There are also statutory processes to be engaged before reports are released to the public. All these take time. It is therefore important to appeal to the public and concerned citizens to please show some understanding and patience during air mishaps.

“It may also be apt to enjoin some people who always try to preempt accident investigations to apply the brake and allow AIB to do its job.”

He revealed that the purpose of the ongoing amendment of the current regulations is to make the document more robust, transparent and all inclusive. He insisted that review of the operating document of any organisation that is serious about growth and progress is important, stressing that the agency’s experience in Nigeria and in the globe had made it imperative for the current regulations, which came on board on November 11, 2006 to be reviewed.

He further explained that Nigeria as a country could not operate in isolation of others, stressing that it was necessary for it to align itself with happenings in the global aviation industry.