FG confirms military aircraft crash in Ondo, 32 feared dead

The federal government has confirmed the crash of a military aircraft carrying 32 people near the Naval Base in Igbokoda, Ondo State, after air traffic controllers lost contact with the aircraft while it was en route from Benin to Lagos. The aircraft, with tail number NGR 931, disappeared from radio communication at about 9:13 a.m., triggering attempts by air traffic controllers to re-establish contact. Its wreckage was later located near the naval facility in Igbokoda, with search and rescue operations continuing as of the time of filing this report. Festus Keyamo, Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, confirmed the incident in a statement, saying preliminary information indicated that 25 passengers and seven crew members were on board. “I regret to inform the general public that Air Traffic Controllers have informed me of the disappearance of a military aircraft with tail number NGR 931, enroute Lagos from Benin at 0913 hours earlier today,” Keyamo said. According to the minister, all efforts to establish radio contact with the aircraft initially proved unsuccessful before authorities received information that it had crashed close to the naval facility. The minister said the Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development and the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA do not have regulatory control over military aircraft. However, he said he had spoken with Sunday Kelvin Aneke, Chief of the Air Staff, and assured the Nigerian Air Force of the ministry’s full cooperation and assistance in the ongoing search and rescue operation. “Further information on this unfortunate incident will be made available subsequently,” Keyamo said. The crash comes as authorities continue efforts to determine the circumstances surrounding the incident and establish the condition of those on board. Emergency and security personnel are expected to provide further updates as search and rescue operations progress. While 32 people were reported to have been aboard the aircraft, authorities had yet to officially confirm the number of fatalities as of the time of filing. Further details on the aircraft’s flight path, the cause of the crash and the status of the passengers and crew are expected from the relevant military and aviation authorities. Related News Injury crisis hits Super Eagles ahead of Russia friendly How Dangote IPO is building new routes for African investors into Nigeria Two foreign banks move to enter Ethiopia after 50-year banking ban Share

The aircraft, with tail number NGR 931, disappeared from radio communication at about 9:13 a.m., triggering attempts by air traffic controllers to re-establish contact. Its wreckage was later located near the naval facility in Igbokoda, with search and rescue operations continuing as of the time of filing this report. Festus Keyamo, Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, confirmed the incident in a statement, saying preliminary information indicated that 25 passengers and seven crew members were on board. “I regret to inform the general public that Air Traffic Controllers have informed me of the disappearance of a military aircraft with tail number NGR 931, enroute Lagos from Benin at 0913 hours earlier today,” Keyamo said. According to the minister, all efforts to establish radio contact with the aircraft initially proved unsuccessful before authorities received information that it had crashed close to the naval facility. The minister said the Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development and the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA do not have regulatory control over military aircraft. However, he said he had spoken with Sunday Kelvin Aneke, Chief of the Air Staff, and assured the Nigerian Air Force of the ministry’s full cooperation and assistance in the ongoing search and rescue operation. “Further information on this unfortunate incident will be made available subsequently,” Keyamo said. The crash comes as authorities continue efforts to determine the circumstances surrounding the incident and establish the condition of those on board. Emergency and security personnel are expected to provide further updates as search and rescue operations progress. While 32 people were reported to have been aboard the aircraft, authorities had yet to officially confirm the number of fatalities as of the time of filing. Further details on the aircraft’s flight path, the cause of the crash and the status of the passengers and crew are expected from the relevant military and aviation authorities. Related News Injury crisis hits Super Eagles ahead of Russia friendly How Dangote IPO is building new routes for African investors into Nigeria Two foreign banks move to enter Ethiopia after 50-year banking ban Share

Its wreckage was later located near the naval facility in Igbokoda, with search and rescue operations continuing as of the time of filing this report. Festus Keyamo, Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, confirmed the incident in a statement, saying preliminary information indicated that 25 passengers and seven crew members were on board. “I regret to inform the general public that Air Traffic Controllers have informed me of the disappearance of a military aircraft with tail number NGR 931, enroute Lagos from Benin at 0913 hours earlier today,” Keyamo said. According to the minister, all efforts to establish radio contact with the aircraft initially proved unsuccessful before authorities received information that it had crashed close to the naval facility. The minister said the Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development and the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA do not have regulatory control over military aircraft. However, he said he had spoken with Sunday Kelvin Aneke, Chief of the Air Staff, and assured the Nigerian Air Force of the ministry’s full cooperation and assistance in the ongoing search and rescue operation. “Further information on this unfortunate incident will be made available subsequently,” Keyamo said. The crash comes as authorities continue efforts to determine the circumstances surrounding the incident and establish the condition of those on board. Emergency and security personnel are expected to provide further updates as search and rescue operations progress. While 32 people were reported to have been aboard the aircraft, authorities had yet to officially confirm the number of fatalities as of the time of filing. Further details on the aircraft’s flight path, the cause of the crash and the status of the passengers and crew are expected from the relevant military and aviation authorities. Related News Injury crisis hits Super Eagles ahead of Russia friendly How Dangote IPO is building new routes for African investors into Nigeria Two foreign banks move to enter Ethiopia after 50-year banking ban Share

Festus Keyamo, Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, confirmed the incident in a statement, saying preliminary information indicated that 25 passengers and seven crew members were on board. “I regret to inform the general public that Air Traffic Controllers have informed me of the disappearance of a military aircraft with tail number NGR 931, enroute Lagos from Benin at 0913 hours earlier today,” Keyamo said. According to the minister, all efforts to establish radio contact with the aircraft initially proved unsuccessful before authorities received information that it had crashed close to the naval facility. The minister said the Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development and the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA do not have regulatory control over military aircraft. However, he said he had spoken with Sunday Kelvin Aneke, Chief of the Air Staff, and assured the Nigerian Air Force of the ministry’s full cooperation and assistance in the ongoing search and rescue operation. “Further information on this unfortunate incident will be made available subsequently,” Keyamo said. The crash comes as authorities continue efforts to determine the circumstances surrounding the incident and establish the condition of those on board. Emergency and security personnel are expected to provide further updates as search and rescue operations progress. While 32 people were reported to have been aboard the aircraft, authorities had yet to officially confirm the number of fatalities as of the time of filing. Further details on the aircraft’s flight path, the cause of the crash and the status of the passengers and crew are expected from the relevant military and aviation authorities. Related News Injury crisis hits Super Eagles ahead of Russia friendly How Dangote IPO is building new routes for African investors into Nigeria Two foreign banks move to enter Ethiopia after 50-year banking ban Share

“I regret to inform the general public that Air Traffic Controllers have informed me of the disappearance of a military aircraft with tail number NGR 931, enroute Lagos from Benin at 0913 hours earlier today,” Keyamo said. According to the minister, all efforts to establish radio contact with the aircraft initially proved unsuccessful before authorities received information that it had crashed close to the naval facility. The minister said the Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development and the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA do not have regulatory control over military aircraft. However, he said he had spoken with Sunday Kelvin Aneke, Chief of the Air Staff, and assured the Nigerian Air Force of the ministry’s full cooperation and assistance in the ongoing search and rescue operation. “Further information on this unfortunate incident will be made available subsequently,” Keyamo said. The crash comes as authorities continue efforts to determine the circumstances surrounding the incident and establish the condition of those on board. Emergency and security personnel are expected to provide further updates as search and rescue operations progress. While 32 people were reported to have been aboard the aircraft, authorities had yet to officially confirm the number of fatalities as of the time of filing. Further details on the aircraft’s flight path, the cause of the crash and the status of the passengers and crew are expected from the relevant military and aviation authorities. Related News Injury crisis hits Super Eagles ahead of Russia friendly How Dangote IPO is building new routes for African investors into Nigeria Two foreign banks move to enter Ethiopia after 50-year banking ban Share

According to the minister, all efforts to establish radio contact with the aircraft initially proved unsuccessful before authorities received information that it had crashed close to the naval facility. The minister said the Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development and the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA do not have regulatory control over military aircraft. However, he said he had spoken with Sunday Kelvin Aneke, Chief of the Air Staff, and assured the Nigerian Air Force of the ministry’s full cooperation and assistance in the ongoing search and rescue operation. “Further information on this unfortunate incident will be made available subsequently,” Keyamo said. The crash comes as authorities continue efforts to determine the circumstances surrounding the incident and establish the condition of those on board. Emergency and security personnel are expected to provide further updates as search and rescue operations progress. While 32 people were reported to have been aboard the aircraft, authorities had yet to officially confirm the number of fatalities as of the time of filing. Further details on the aircraft’s flight path, the cause of the crash and the status of the passengers and crew are expected from the relevant military and aviation authorities. Related News Injury crisis hits Super Eagles ahead of Russia friendly How Dangote IPO is building new routes for African investors into Nigeria Two foreign banks move to enter Ethiopia after 50-year banking ban Share

The minister said the Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development and the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA do not have regulatory control over military aircraft. However, he said he had spoken with Sunday Kelvin Aneke, Chief of the Air Staff, and assured the Nigerian Air Force of the ministry’s full cooperation and assistance in the ongoing search and rescue operation. “Further information on this unfortunate incident will be made available subsequently,” Keyamo said. The crash comes as authorities continue efforts to determine the circumstances surrounding the incident and establish the condition of those on board. Emergency and security personnel are expected to provide further updates as search and rescue operations progress. While 32 people were reported to have been aboard the aircraft, authorities had yet to officially confirm the number of fatalities as of the time of filing. Further details on the aircraft’s flight path, the cause of the crash and the status of the passengers and crew are expected from the relevant military and aviation authorities. Related News Injury crisis hits Super Eagles ahead of Russia friendly How Dangote IPO is building new routes for African investors into Nigeria Two foreign banks move to enter Ethiopia after 50-year banking ban Share

However, he said he had spoken with Sunday Kelvin Aneke, Chief of the Air Staff, and assured the Nigerian Air Force of the ministry’s full cooperation and assistance in the ongoing search and rescue operation. “Further information on this unfortunate incident will be made available subsequently,” Keyamo said. The crash comes as authorities continue efforts to determine the circumstances surrounding the incident and establish the condition of those on board. Emergency and security personnel are expected to provide further updates as search and rescue operations progress. While 32 people were reported to have been aboard the aircraft, authorities had yet to officially confirm the number of fatalities as of the time of filing. Further details on the aircraft’s flight path, the cause of the crash and the status of the passengers and crew are expected from the relevant military and aviation authorities. Related News Injury crisis hits Super Eagles ahead of Russia friendly How Dangote IPO is building new routes for African investors into Nigeria Two foreign banks move to enter Ethiopia after 50-year banking ban Share

“Further information on this unfortunate incident will be made available subsequently,” Keyamo said. The crash comes as authorities continue efforts to determine the circumstances surrounding the incident and establish the condition of those on board. Emergency and security personnel are expected to provide further updates as search and rescue operations progress. While 32 people were reported to have been aboard the aircraft, authorities had yet to officially confirm the number of fatalities as of the time of filing. Further details on the aircraft’s flight path, the cause of the crash and the status of the passengers and crew are expected from the relevant military and aviation authorities. Related News Injury crisis hits Super Eagles ahead of Russia friendly How Dangote IPO is building new routes for African investors into Nigeria Two foreign banks move to enter Ethiopia after 50-year banking ban Share

The crash comes as authorities continue efforts to determine the circumstances surrounding the incident and establish the condition of those on board. Emergency and security personnel are expected to provide further updates as search and rescue operations progress. While 32 people were reported to have been aboard the aircraft, authorities had yet to officially confirm the number of fatalities as of the time of filing. Further details on the aircraft’s flight path, the cause of the crash and the status of the passengers and crew are expected from the relevant military and aviation authorities. Related News Injury crisis hits Super Eagles ahead of Russia friendly How Dangote IPO is building new routes for African investors into Nigeria Two foreign banks move to enter Ethiopia after 50-year banking ban Share

Emergency and security personnel are expected to provide further updates as search and rescue operations progress. While 32 people were reported to have been aboard the aircraft, authorities had yet to officially confirm the number of fatalities as of the time of filing. Further details on the aircraft’s flight path, the cause of the crash and the status of the passengers and crew are expected from the relevant military and aviation authorities. Related News Injury crisis hits Super Eagles ahead of Russia friendly How Dangote IPO is building new routes for African investors into Nigeria Two foreign banks move to enter Ethiopia after 50-year banking ban Share

While 32 people were reported to have been aboard the aircraft, authorities had yet to officially confirm the number of fatalities as of the time of filing. Further details on the aircraft’s flight path, the cause of the crash and the status of the passengers and crew are expected from the relevant military and aviation authorities. Related News Injury crisis hits Super Eagles ahead of Russia friendly How Dangote IPO is building new routes for African investors into Nigeria Two foreign banks move to enter Ethiopia after 50-year banking ban Share

Further details on the aircraft’s flight path, the cause of the crash and the status of the passengers and crew are expected from the relevant military and aviation authorities. Related News Injury crisis hits Super Eagles ahead of Russia friendly How Dangote IPO is building new routes for African investors into Nigeria Two foreign banks move to enter Ethiopia after 50-year banking ban Share