PMNews accounts that the readout of the black box , also renowned as Cockpit Voice Recorder, CVR, undertook by Nigeria’s Accident enquiry Bureau, AIB, in its Abuja’s lab revealed that the computer onboard the plane sent a warning message to the head person, Yakubu Abdulrahman, soon before take-off but he disregarded it.
Approximately four seconds after motor power was sophisticated to commence the take-off roll, the crew received an automated warning from the onboard computer voice which comprised of three chimes pursued by “take-off flaps…take-off flaps.
This is a configuration warning that proposes that the flaps were not in correct place for take-off.
The First agent then suggested to the navigate to abort take-off but Yakubu Abdulrahman advanced and took off.
“The First Officer inquired if the take-off should be aborted approximately 12 seconds after the ‘eight knots’ callout,” said head person Mukhtar Usman, Commissioner Accident Investigation Bureau, AIB.
“The crew considered some anxieties about the airplane former to exodus but at this time we are not arranged to elaborate on those anxieties as there remains a allotment of work to do to entire on the CVR investigation in alignment to determine the specific environment of the crew’s concerns,” said AIB Commissioner, Muktar Usman