US plane flying from Nigeria to Gabon disappears
By NAN
A four-seater plane flying from Nigeria to Gabon via Cameroon has disappeared, according to Cameroon aviation sources on Tuesday.
The plane, owned by the US company, Global Aviation, took off from Kano in the northern Nigeria at 6pm on Monday en route Libreville in Gabon, where it was scheduled to arrive at 11pm, after a stopover in Douala, Cameroon.
However, the station said that the plane, with only the American pilot on board, did not make it to Douala.
It said the last contact the plane had with the control tower took place in Mongo, which is two hours flight from the Cameroonian economic capital.
Report says that search and rescue operations led by Cameroon’s civil aviation authorities have not yielded any positive results.
Global Aviation Holdings (Global), through its wholly-owned subsidiaries World Airways (World) and North American Airlines (North American), is the largest commercial provider of charter air transportation for the US Military and a major provider of worldwide commercial global passenger and cargo air transportation services.
Global offers a combined fleet of 14 cargo and passenger aircraft.
The company said on its website that it takes “pride in being the leader in customized air transportation with our fleet of B747, MD11, B767 aircraft”.
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