An aircraft belonging to the Nigerian Air Force has crashed
in Yola, the capital of Adamawa state, in North-East Nigeria.
All those on the plane died in the accident, authorities
said.
The identities of those on board were however yet to be
disclosed.
The spokesperson for the Force, Dele Alonge, said in a
statement late Saturday night that the aircraft crashed at about 4:23PM
Nigerian time due to bad weather.
Mr. Alonge, an Air Commodore, 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,” Mr. Alonge said.
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”.
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