A Nigerian Air Force FT-7NI trainer aircraft has reportedly crashed in Makurdi, the state capital of Benue State.
New Telegraph gathered that the incident happened on Friday, July 14 while it was on a routine training exercise.
Confirming the incident, the NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet said no casualty was recorded
According to him, two pilots onboard the aircraft survived and were being observed in a military facility.
The terse statement reads, “Both pilots are currently under observation at NAF Base Hospital, Makurdi.
“Meanwhile, the Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshal Hasan Abubakar, has constituted a Board of Inquiry to determine the immediate and remote causes of the crash,”
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