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Airforce Plane Crashes Killing All On Board
— Oct 11, 2015 5:20 am | Leave a comment
An aircraft belonging to the Nigerian Air Force crashed in Yola, the capital of Adamawa state, yesterday, killing all on board.
The identities of those on board were however yet to be disclosed.
In a statement issued late Saturday night, spokesperson for the force, Air Commodore Dele Alonge, who confirmed the incident, said the crash occurred at about 4:23pm.
He attributed the crash to bad weather.
He said the F7-Ni fighter jet, with registration number, NAF801, was “returning to base from an interdicted mission when it crashed around Hong, in Hong Local Government Area of Adamawa State.
“There was no survival as the pilot of the aircraft lost his life in the unfortunate incident.”
He emphasised that the crash was due to bad weather and that the aircraft was never under enemy fire.
The statement added that the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, had immediately “set up an investigation panel to unravel the remote and immediate causes of the accident”.
LEADERSHIP Sunday recalls that about six weeks ago, another aircraft belonging to the force crashed in Kaduna, also killing all crew and passengers on board.
The Dornier-228 aircraft, with call sign NAF030, had on August 29, 2015, crashed into a house at Ribadu Cantonment, in Kaduna, shortly after take-off.
The aircraft was Abuja-bound and had taken off at about 6:45am from the Kaduna Military Airfield before the mishap.
After the crash, Air Force Chief Abubakar constituted an investigative panel, headed by an Air Vice Marshal, to unravel the cause of the accident. The outcome of the investigation, like that of earlier crashes is yet to be made public.
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