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ABUJA, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) -- Nigerian President Bola Tinubu on Monday confirmed that all 32 people aboard a military aircraft that crashed near a local community in the country's southwestern Ondo State had died. The military aircraft, carrying 25 passengers and seven crew members, crashed near the Naval Base in Igbokoda, a riverine community in Ondo State, said Festus Keyamo, Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, in a statement. In a separate statement, Tinubu said that this is a painful moment for the Armed Forces and for the entire nation, adding that the sacrifice of the Air Force personnel "will never be forgotten." The Nigerian Air Force confirmed earlier that the aircraft was a twin-engine turboprop rather than a helicopter as previously believed. The ATR-42 aircraft wa...

ABUJA, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) -- A military aircraft carrying 25 passengers and seven crew members crashed near a local community in Nigeria's southwestern Ondo State on Monday, an official said. Festus Keyamo, Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, said in a statement that the aircraft crashed near the Naval Base in Igbokoda, a riverine community in Ondo State. Keyamo said search and rescue operations had commenced, noting that the "control and regulation of military aircraft are completely outside the authority of the Ministry of Aviation and the civil aviation authority." In a separate statement, the Nigerian Air Force confirmed that the aircraft was a twin-engine turboprop rather than a helicopter as previously believed. The ATR-42 aircraft was on a routine mission from Benin, ...

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Nigerian president confirms death of 32 military personnel in aircraft crash-Xinhua

Nigerian military aircraft carrying 32 crashes, rescue ongoing-Xinhua