…FIVE CREWS SURVIVE
A Nigerian Air Force helicopter has crashed in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, on Friday morning and all the crew members survived.
This was confirmed in a statement by the Director of Information and Public Relations (DOPRI), Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, in Abuja.
According to him, all passengers onboard survived and they have been evacuated to the hospital for “minor injuries” sustained.
The helicopter with the number NAF MI-35P crashed at exactly 7.45 am shortly after it took off for an operation against economic saboteurs in Rivers State.
‘Fortunately, the entire crew of five survived the crash with minor injuries and are currently being attended to at NAF Medical Centre Port Harcourt.
“The Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, is currently en route Port Harcourt to access the situation for himself, see to the wellbeing of the crew, and give further directives,” he explained.
He said ‘Incident of this nature is yet again a grim reminder of the dangers associated with military flying and the risks NAF pilots and technicians experience in their onerous tasks of defending our nation and deterring criminal elements from their nefarious activities.”
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