About six months after it was declared missing, the Nigerian Air Force Alpha Jet marked NAF 475 is yet to be found.

SaharaReporters had reported how the fighter jet went missing on Wednesday, March 31, 2021, in the insurgency-ravaged Borno State in Northeastern Nigeria.

The spokesperson for the Nigerian Air Force, Edward Gabkwet had said the fighter jet lost contact with the radar in Borno State earlier that day.

Gabkwet said the plane disappeared while on an interdiction mission in support of ground troops. He said the mission was part of the ongoing counterinsurgency operations in the North East.

“The loss of radar contact occurred at about 5:08 pm on 31 March 2021,” he had said.

“Details of the whereabouts of the aircraft or likely cause of contact loss are still sketchy but will be relayed to the general public as soon as they become clear. Meanwhile, search and rescue efforts are ongoing.”

A few days later, Boko Haram terror group released a video showing its fighters shooting down an aircraft thought to be the NAF 475 alpha jet declared missing.

In the video that is about seven minutes long, the jet was seen flying low to the ground while the insurgents shot at it.

However, Gabkwet dismissed the video, adding that there was an ongoing search for the missing fighter jet.

“The attention of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has been drawn to some videos being circulated on Social Media, as well as media reports drawn from there, alleging that the NAF Alpha Jet aircraft, which was reported missing in Borno State on 31 March 2021 after losing radar contact, was shot down by terrorists. One of such videos, in particular, began with sporadic shooting by several terrorists, including underage children on motorcycles and vehicles. It later skipped abruptly to a scene depicting an aircraft exploding mid-air, supposedly as a result of enemy action. Another part of the video showed a terrorist, who, while standing by the wreckage, claimed that they had shot down the NAF aircraft.

“Although the video is still being thoroughly analysed, it is evident that most parts of the video were deliberately doctored to give a false impression that the aircraft was shot down. For instance, the video clip failed to show the correlation between the sporadic shooting, which even from casual observation was obviously aimed at ground targets, and the sudden mid-air aircraft explosion. In addition, it is almost impossible for an aircraft to have exploded mid-air, in the manner depicted in the video, and still have a good part of its fuselage, including its tail, intact. Indeed, an explosive impact of that nature would have scattered the debris of the aircraft across several miles,” he had said.

Speaking exclusively to SaharaReporters on Monday, the Air Force spokesperson said different rescue operations are ongoing in order to ascertain the whereabouts of the fighter plane.

“If there is anything new, actually I will tell you. We are still searching for the jet, if there is any new information, you will be the first person to know. No information on its whereabouts now, the search is still ongoing. It’s a continuous process,” Gabkwet told SaharaReporters.

Asked about the fate of the pilots and their families, he said, “There is a difference between absence without leave and missing in action, they are protecting our nation and got missing. Ours is a process that takes up to seven years in this kind of situation. The pilots are still part of Nigerian Air Force till date.”

http://saharareporters.com/2021/09/20/we%E2%80%99re-still-searching-fighter-jet-went-missing-about-six-months-ago-%E2%80%93-nigerian-air-force

What an embarrassing statement. Still searching for a jet six months after it went missing. As if they don't know where it is. One day Aso rock might go missing and will never be found. Shameless bunch

You said the video is fake, but you still couldn't produce the whereabouts of the missing jet, so who's deceiving who?

Joke of a nation

Imagine

Werey people in corridors of power

When I said sometimes back that the new military fighter jets this government just acquired will end up in the hands of terrorists, this what I meant ..

Story! The Nigerian government under Buhari will buy war jets and later divert it to their Bokoharam members secretly.

I...Boko Haram made a video from the crash site and you still say it's missing?

I don't know how institutions of government can boldly come out to announce their failure. In saner climes, the entire military high command will be fired for such a travesty.

From one disgrace to another. The only thing the security agencies of Nigeria know how to do is lie.

Instead of admitting that the jet was shot down by terr0rists, they're talking rubbish. How did the jet go missing? Was it flying itself or was it rolling around the streets of Borno for a stroll and got kidnapped?
What a shame.

Aboki iron condemn don salvage the wreckage, aluminum dey sell wella for condemn iron biz.
Make una sef use una head, no b to dey allocate money to search for that jet. Na cash out for una, steady maga.
E mean say person fit thief jet if him get 500 meter airstrip wey him ho land am, the call iron condemn people to come pieces am.

maybe ISWAP/Boko Haram are currently undergoing training on how to fly a jet or they are looking for a suicide pilot

Maybe they will unveil it once they know how to fly it


God forbid

Na wayo wayo government we dey..

Keep searching

they are finishing this country gradually

Hmmm. After 6 months! U ask them if they are equipped with latest gadgets they will say yes. Then go back and be using ordinary eyes searching for missing jet. Good luck in ur search

They will never admit it has been brought down by the terrorists,they want to win a war by offering amnesty to people that has killed thousands and they are even given noodles and stuffs more like weldone,your sins are forgiven,go and sin no more and when the noodles and money they are given finish they will go back to what they can’t stop doing and that is causing chaos and making innocent citizen suffer........,

nah dem go hide this Same jet they are looking for o

Mumu

Lool

Unar no serious..

Jet or Jets.
What is my concern sef.
Does it stop more Jets from missing again.
Capital no.

Have you noticed that after scratching your itchy anus ,the devil will always whisper,''now smell your fingers my child''.�

Are u sure u searching at the right places?

Mugus continue finding!

Dey should enter Sambisa FOREST

No FDR?

No radar tracks of last seen?

No seismic data of the crash?

No general circumference of its AoR when it lost contact?

No GPS fix on its tracks?

Are we ruled by Jurassic era troglodytes?

Nice one

Nigeria

Hmmmmmm the Country i decided to come from

No shame at all

Satellite lost for space,

Rat chop budget,

Snake swallow money,

Now jet just lost etc,

Whenever God wants to watch comedy, he just remembers Nigeria

NOGRUDGES:
Aboki iron condemn don salvage the wreckage, aluminum dey sell wella for condemn iron biz.
Make una sef use una head, no b to dey allocate money to search for that jet. Na cash out for una, steady maga.
E mean say person fit thief jet if him get 500 meter airstrip wey him ho land am, the call iron condemn people to come pieces am.

Werey....hahaha