1st December, 2023
A Nigeria Air Force (NAF) helicopter has crash-landed and exploded at the NAF Base, Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
According to NAF spokesman, Edward Gabkwet, in a statement on Friday, the helicopter with the number NAF MI-35P crashed at exactly 7:45 a.m.
Gabkwet revealed the incident occurred shortly after it took off for an operation against economic saboteurs in Rivers State.
He further stated that everyone onboard survived and sustained “minor injuries” adding that the passengers are 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,” the statement partly read.