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NAF aircraft en route Niger state crashes

14th August 2023

A crashed aircraft

By Solomon Odeniyi
An aircraft belonging to the Nigerian Air Force has crashed.

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.

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.

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.

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“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.”

Gabkwet said efforts are ongoing to rescue the pilots and passengers on board.

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“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.

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