A Nigerian Air Force FT-7NI trainer plane is said to have crashed near Makurdi, the capital of Benue State.
According to Channels Television, the event occurred on Friday during a routine training exercise.
The statement was also corroborated by the NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, according to media reports.
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He stated that two of the plane’s pilots survived and were being monitored in a military facility.
“Both pilots are currently under observation at NAF Base Hospital, Makurdi. Meanwhile, the Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshal Hasan Abubakar, has constituted a Board of Inquiry to determine the immediate and remote causes of the crash,” he said.
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