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NAF Aircraft Crashes In Katsina

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A Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Helicopter has crashed in the process of landing in the Katsina Airport.

This was disclosed in a statement on Wednesday by Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, Director of Public Relations and Information, Nigerian Air Force

Naija News understands that the crash occurred when the aircraft was returning from an anti-armed banditry combat mission in the Northwest Theatre under Operation HADARAN DAJI.

However, there was no loss of life, either of persons on board the helicopter or on the ground.

NAF spokesperson disclosed that the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, has directed the constitution of a Board of Inquiry to determine the exact cause of the incident.



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