{"id":33001,"date":"2015-10-10T22:46:52","date_gmt":"2015-10-10T21:46:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/?p=33001"},"modified":"2015-10-10T22:47:29","modified_gmt":"2015-10-10T21:47:29","slug":"nigerian-airforce-aircraft-crashes-in-adamawa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/nigerian-airforce-aircraft-crashes-in-adamawa\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian Airforce aircraft crashes in Adamawa"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Nigerian Air Force (NAF801) F7-Ni fighter jet returning to the base from an interdicted mission crashed around Hong, Hong Local Government Area of Adamawa State.<\/p>\n

The incident which occurred at about 4.23 pm, according to a statement by Air Commodore Dele Alonge, Director Public Relations, Nigerian Airforce, was due to bad weather and not under enemy fire.<\/p>\n

“There was no survival as the pilot of the aircraft lost his life in the unfortunate incident,” the statement said.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal SB Abubakar has set up an investigation panel to unravel the remote and immediate causes of the accident.<\/p>\n

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