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Nigerian Air Force aircraft en route Niger crashes
One of the aircraft of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has crashed in Niger State.
This was confirmed in a statement on Monday by the NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, on Monday, August 12, 2023.
According to him, the aircraft was on a casualty evacuation mission when the crash happened.
He further explained that 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.
The statement partly reads; āA 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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