Breaking: NAF helicopter crashes during a counter-insurgency operation
January 8, 2018
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has confirmed that one of its helicopters-MI 17 helicopter has crashed in the northeast during a counter-insurgency operation.
The NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Vice Marshal Olatokunbo Adesanya, who confirmed that the helicopter “suffered mishap”, noted that the aircraft had a significant damage but no life was lost.
“The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, has directed the constitution of a board of inquiry to determine the cause of the incident,” Adesanya added.
