The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, has set up a panel to investigate circumstances surrounding the crash of Nigerian Air Force Dornier-228 aircraft.
According to a statement by the Director of Public Relations and Information, NAF Headquarters, Air Commodore Dele Alonge the panel is headed by an Air Vice Marshal.
The statement said the chief of air staff has aborted his official trip to Port Harcourt and would visit the crash site and families of some of the deceased personnel.
“A Nigerian Air Force Dornier-228 aircraft, with call sign NAF030, has crashed into a house at Ribadu Cantonment, Kaduna.
“Though no casualty was recorded on ground, there were no survivors among the passengers on board the aircraft,” the statement said.
It said the aircraft was Abuja-bound and had taken-off at about 6.45am from the Kaduna Military Airfield before the tragedy.
Alonge said the bodies of the passengers were recovered while firefighters were mobilised to the crash site to curtail fire from spreading to buildings.
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