A Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Dornier-228 aircraft, with call sign NAF030, has reportedly crashed into a house at Ribadu Cantonment, Kaduna State.
A Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Dornier-228 aircraft, with call sign NAF030, has reportedly crashed into a house at Ribadu Cantonment, Kaduna State.
Air Commodore Dele Alonge, an NAF spokesman, said in a statement that there were no survivors among the passengers onboard the aircraft. No casualty was recorded on ground.
According to him, "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."
Commodore Alonge added that the Chief of 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 along with 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," the statement added.