{"id":94076,"date":"2022-04-19T20:45:40","date_gmt":"2022-04-19T19:45:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=94076"},"modified":"2022-04-19T20:45:40","modified_gmt":"2022-04-19T19:45:40","slug":"breaking-naf-aircraft-crashes-in-kaduna-many-feared-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/breaking-naf-aircraft-crashes-in-kaduna-many-feared-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: NAF aircraft crashes in Kaduna, many feared dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">A military aircraft belonging to the Nigerian Airforce, NAF, has crashed in Kaduna state with many officers on board reportedly killed.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that last year a military aircraft conveying the former Chief of Army Staff, Ibrahim Attahiru, and 10 others crashed, killing all the officers onboard including the Army Chief.<\/p>\n<p>According to a source, it was a Super Mushak, which is trainer aircraft that crashed inside the Nigerian Airforce facility in Kaduna, while on a training mission.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Eleven months ago, Ibrahim Attahiru, Chief of Army Staff, and 10 other military officers died in a NAF\u2019s Beechcraft 350, which crashed around the Kaduna International Airport in Kaduna.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, between August 29, 2015, and 2021, Nigeria had suffered 11 military plane crashes with no fewer than 33 military officers perishing.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nThese include the Air Force plane crash, which killed seven onboard (August 29, 2015) in Kaduna; the F-7NI jet on October 10, 2015, and the Augusta Westland crash in Makurdi (November 15).<\/p>\n<p>In 2021 alone, the Air Force has lost at least three jets. 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