Update: Full list of 7 Air Force officers who perished in ill-fated aircraft crash

Pilot of Abuja plane crash

Pilot who flew the ill-fated Nigerian Air Force aircraft, Flight Lieutenant Haruna Gadzama (Captain)

Pilot who flew the ill-fated Nigerian Air Force aircraft, Flight Lieutenant Haruna Gadzama (Captain)

By Kazeem Ugbodaga

The Nigerian Air Force, NAF, has released the full list of seven of its personnel who died in the ill-fated Beechcraft KingAir B350i (NAF 201) which crashed in Abuja on Sunday.

The aircraft crashed while returning to the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja after reporting engine failure enroute Minna, where it was scheduled to conduct surveillance missions over Niger State and its environs in connection with the concerted efforts to secure the release of the students/staff abducted from the Government Science College Kagara, Niger State.

“The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Vice Marshal Oladayo Amao, has instituted an investigative panel to determine the remote and immediate causes of the accident,” said Ibikunle Daramola, Air Vice Marshal, Director of Public Relations and Information, Nigerian Air Force.

See full list of the deceased below

a. Flight Lieutenant Haruna Gadzama (Captain).

b. Flight Lieutenant Henry Piyo (Co-Pilot).

c. Flying Officer Micheal Okpara (Airborne Tactical Observation System (ATOS) Specialist).

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d. Warrant Officer Bassey Etim (ATOS Specialist).

e. Flight Sergeant Olasunkanmi Olawunmi (ATOS Specialist).

f. Sergeant Ugochukwu Oluka (ATOS Specialist).

g. Aircraftman Adewale Johnson (Onboard Technician).

Earlier, Daramola said the CAS visited the scene of the accident, in company of the Minister of Defence, Major General Bashir Magashi (retired); Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika; Chief of Defence Staff, Major General Lucky Irabor, and other Service Chiefs.

“The CAS, on behalf of officers, airmen and airwomen of the NAF, once more commiserates with the families of the deceased personnel and prays that the Almighty God grants their souls eternal repose,” he said.

 

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