LEGIT NG
The Nigerian Air Force has disclosed that its MI-171 Helicopter that was on a casualty evacuation mission crashed on Monday, August 14.
In a statement sent to Legit.ng and signed by Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, the director of public relations and information for the Nigerian Air Force, the aircraft crashed at about 1pm near Chukuba Village in Niger State.
A Nigerian Air Force MI-171 Helicopter on a casualty evacuation mission crashed today, 14 August 2023 at about 1.00pm near The aircraft had departed Zungeru Primary School enroute Kaduna but was later discovered to have crashed near Chukuba Village in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State.
