JUST IN: Nigerian Air Force Aircraft En Route Niger Crashes
Afnews Editor
Aug 14, 2023
JUST IN: Nigerian Air Force Aircraft En Route Niger Crashes
READ ALSO: How EFCC Arrested Church Founder Wanted By FBI In Enugu | DETAILS
An aircraft belonging to the Nigerian Air Force has crashed.
READ ALSO: Roads Rehabilitation: Senate Seeks Release Of N500bn From Service Wide Votes
Sources told our correspondent on Monday that the aircraft took off from Kaduna en route to Minna, the Niger state capital when the incident occurred.
READ ALSO: I Will Not Allow Criminality As President, Peter Obi Declares
Confirming the incident in a statement on Monday by the NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, he said the aircraft departed Zungeru Primary School en route to Kaduna but was later discovered to have crashed in a village in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger.
READ ALSO: Why We Have Not Given Tinubu Notice Of Impeachment - Akpabio
It partly read, "A Nigerian Air Force MI-171 Helicopter on a casualty evacuation mission crashed today, August 14, 2023, at about 1.1.00 pm Chukuba Village in Niger State.
"The aircraft had departed Zungeru Primary School en route Kaduna but was later discovered to have crashed near Chukuba Village in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State."
READ ALSO: Sowore's Miscalculation and the Need to beat a Wise Retreat
Gabkwet said efforts are ongoing to rescue the pilots and passengers on board.
"Efforts are currently ongoing to rescue the crew and passengers on board the helicopter, while preliminary investigations have commenced to determine the probable cause of the crash," the statement added.
Related Stories
REVEALED: How All Progressives Congress (APC) Played Into The Opposition Hands Ahead Of 2027 - Sumner Sambo Warns
I Will Not Allow Criminality As President, Peter Obi Declares
Why El-Rufai Was Returned To ICPC Custody?
Sowore's Miscalculation and the Need to beat a Wise Retreat
Tinubu Breaks Silence on Hardship, Inflation, Power Crisis - Vows Nigeria Will Overcome Economic Storm
"Terrorists Have Outgunned Our Troops" - Ndume Raises Alarm Over Boko Haram War, Sends Urgent Message To Tinubu
""
— Afnews Editor