The Director of Public Relations and Information, Nigerian Air Force, Air Commodore Olatukumbo Adesanya, said that a NAF Beetle Aircraft crashed on Thursday in Kaduna while on a mission.
Adesanya, in a statement in Kaduna on Thursday, said, “the only soul on board the aircraft, one of the NAF’s experienced instructor pilots was unfortunately killed in the mishap.”
He said the cause of the incident was unknown, stressing that the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadiq Abubakar, had directed the constitution of a board of inquiry to determine the immediate and remote causes of the crash.
“The unfortunate incident is a tragic reminder of the hazards associated with the flying profession.
“The CAS and the entire NAF family commiserate with the relatives of the late instructor pilot.”
