An aircraft belonging to the Nigerian
Air Force crashed in Yola, the capital of Adamawa state, on Saturday,
killing the pilot, according to air force authorities.
The identities of those on board were however yet to be disclosed.
According
to a statement released late Saturday night by the spokesperson for the
Force, Dele Alonge, the aircraft crashed at about 4:23 p.m. due to bad
weather.
Mr Alonge, an Air Commodore,
added that the F7-Ni fighter jet, with registration number, NAF801, was
‘returning to base from an interdiction 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,” Alonge said.
The air force spokesperson reiterated that the crash was caused by 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”.
Saturday’s
crash came exactly 42 days after another aircraft belonging to the
Nigerian air force crashed in Kaduna, also killing all crew and
passengers on board, on August 29.
The outcome of the investigation conducted after the August 29 crash, like that of earlier crashes, is yet to be made public.
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