The Nigeria Air Force, NAF, says one of the pilots who successfully ejected from one of the F-7Ni aircraft that had earlier crashed in the FCT, has passed on.
DAILY NIGERIAN reports that two NAF aircraft had crashed in Abuja while performing rehearsal for Nigeria’s 58thIndependence Anniversary on Friday morning.
Ibikunle Daramola, NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, said this in a statement on Friday in Abuja.
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”It is with a heavy heart that I regretfully announce that one of the pilots who successfully ejected from one of the F-7Ni aircraft that crashed earlier today has passed on.
”May his soul rest in peace. Additional details on the incident will be communicated,” Mr Daramola, an air commodore, said.
He, however, did not disclose the identity of the victim.
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