More details have emerged about the tragedy
in Kaduna in which a military helicopter with
seven people on board crashed on Saturday,
August 29.
The Nigeria Air Force (NAF) aircraft, which was
heading to Abuja, crashed 10 minutes after
take-off in the morning.
According to The Nation, a military source
disclosed:
“Being a military crash, the details will not be
released until a technical appraisal is done.
The families of those who died had been
contacted.”

Rescue officials clearing the site of Saturday’s
crash
However, a witness who observed the
development narrated:
“Just before the flight crashed into my
neighbours’ houses, I noticed that the aircraft
was making an unusual sound. So, I came out
to see what exactly it was. Then, I saw the
plane coming down, only for it to pick up
again. But when it came down a second time,
it could not go up again. The next thing I
heard was a deafening explosion.
“Before I could say jack, it was in flame and
the fire gutted my neighbours’ houses. But
thank God for the timely intervention of the fire
service.
“We thank God that our neighbours are safe.
They said all the passengers on board died.
It’s very unfortunate.”
Vanguard reports that as of Sunday
morning, all movement into and outside the
site was barred.

“A Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Dornier-228
aircraft, with registration 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 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.”
Air Vice Marshal Sadique Abubakar, the chief
of the air staff, expressed his shock at the
tragic incident and added that a board had
been set up to investigate the cause of the
crash.
“These are some of the hazards associated
with flying. We have set up a board to
immediately find out the immediate and
remote causes of the accident . We will look at
the report of that board to see the cause. It
was a very tragic one . I have gone to condole
the families, the pilots that were involved in
the accident. I don’t want to pre-empt the
findings of the board we set up to come up
with its findings.”

https://www.naij.com/534446-kaduna-helicopter-crash-eyewitness-discloses-shocking-details-tragedy.html

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