Nigerian Airforce aircraft crashes in Adamawa
Olaoluwa Folalu
Nigerian Defence Headquarters on Saturday confirmed Nigerian Air Force (NAF801) F7-Ni fighter jet returning to the base from an interdicted mission crashed around Hong, Hong Local Government Area of Adamawa State.
Confirming the incident, the Director of Public Relations, Nigerian Air Force, Air Commodore Dele Alonge, Director Public Relations, Nigerian Airforce, in a statement said, the unfortunate incident which occurred at about 16.23hrs was due to bad weather and not under enemy fire.
The statement reads inter alia: “There was no survival as the pilot of the aircraft lost his life in the unfortunate incident”.
The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal SB Abubakar has set up an investigation panel to unravel the remote and immediate causes of the accident.