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The Committee is to submit its report not later than June 18.
by SaharaReporters, New York
May 25, 2021
Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Oladayo Amao, has constituted a committee to conduct a safety audit of all Nigerian Air Force operational and engineering units.
The development follows Friday s plane crash which claimed the lives of Nigeria s Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru and 10 other military officers.
The military officials were en route to the capital, Abuja, after making an official trip to Kaduna state.
Also in February, seven Nigerian Air Force officers died in a plane crash.
The men were in a Beechcraft King Air B350i which crashed at Bassa aviation village near Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, after their plane engine developed a fault.
Four days after the Kaduna air crash that claimed the lives of Army Chief, Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru and other officers, the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has
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Updated May 25, 2021
A file photo of NAF personnel with an Alpha-jet of the Nigerian Air Force. Photo: [email protected]
The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Oladayo Amao, has constituted a committee to conduct a safety audit of all Nigerian Air Force operational and engineering units.
This followed the plane crash in Kaduna State which killed eleven military officers, including the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru.
A statement on Tuesday by NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, revealed that the committee comprised serving and retired senior officers of the force.