Nigerian Air Force MI-171 Helicopter crashes…
Written by City Radio on August 15, 2023
A Nigerian Air Force MI-171 Helicopter on a casualty evacuation mission crashed on Monday at about 1.00 p.m. near Chukuba Village in Niger State.
A statement by the spokesperson of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF), Edward Gabkwet, said the aircraft had departed Zungeru Primary School en route to Kaduna but was later discovered to have crashed near Chukuba Village in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State.
He said that preliminary investigations have commenced to determine the probable cause of the crash.