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| NIGERIA AVIATION MINISTER, PRINCESS STELLA ODUAH |
A commercial aircraft plying the Lagos- Jos route has rammed it’s wing into an air-force C-130 aircraft in Abuja on Saturday 14th of July 2012.The military aircraft was billed to convey students of the two Airforce military institutions located in Jos before the incident happened
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| ARIK AIRLINE BOEING 737-700 |
Though no casualty was recorded, a joint investigation into
immediate cause of the accident has commenced
In a press release by the Nigerian airforce through the Deputy Director of
the Directorate of Airforce information , Wing Commander A . Makun it stated
that: “ An Arik Airline Boeing 737-700 with registration No 5NMJI on a routine
flight to Lagos brushed the wing of a parked Nigerian Air Force C-130 (NAF 917)
at the Yakubu Gowon Airport, Heipang Jos”. |
| AIR MARSHAL MOHAMMED DIKKO UMAR, NIGERIA CHIEF OF AIR STAFF |
“The incident happened at about 1345hrs today when the Arik aircraft was taxiing at the airport tarmac in preparation for take-off. The tank 1 wing tip of the NAF C-130 was damaged while the wing of the Arik aircraft was dismembered and hung on the NAF aircraft”.
“There was no casualty recorded during the incident, however, the 2 aircraft had to abort their missions. The NAF C-130 was in Jos to airlift students of the Air Force Military School and Air Force Girls Military School . Meanwhile, a joint investigation by the Nigerian Air Force and Arik Airline management has commenced”.
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| NIGERIA AIRFORCE C-130 |
This will be the second crash occurring after Dana airways crash which claimed the lives of 150 innocent Nigerians as there was an earlier one involving a federal government aircraft. For confirmation click http:PLANE BELLY CRASHED IN NIGERIA AFTER ARIK AIR
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