Six Persons Confirmed Dead in Nigerian Air Force Plane Crash

Six persons including the pilot and co-pilot of a Nigerian Airforce Donier-228 aircraft are believed to have died when the aircraft crashed in Kaduna early Saturday morning.

Though the Nigerian Airforce in a statement declined to give the number of casualty, it however confirmed the crash and noted that there were no survivors.

The identities of the passengers were not released by the NAF authorities.

The statement signed by Air Commodore Dele Alonge, Director of Airforce Public Relations said, “A Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Dornier-228 aircraft, with registration NAF030, has crashed into a house at Ribadu Cantonment, Kaduna.

“Though no casualty was recorded on ground, there were no survivors among the passengers onboard the aircraft.

“The aircraft was Abuja bound and had taken-off at about 6:45am from the Kaduna Military Airfield before the mishap.

“Bodies of the passengers have been recovered and fire fighters are already at the crash site to curtail fire from spreading to other buildings within the vicinity.

“Meanwhile, the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar has aborted his official trip to Port Harcourt to visit the site of the air crash and families of some of the deceased personnel in company of the Air Officer Commanding Training Command, Air Vice Marshal Alikali Mamu.

“The CAS has also set up an investigation panel headed by an Air Vice Marshal to unravel the cause of the accident with immediate effect.”