The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Oladayo Amao, Wednesday said the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) would thoroughly investigate the cause of the Super Mushshak trainer aircraft crash that occurred on Tuesday, April19, 2022 at NAF Base, Kaduna. According to Air force spokesman, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, “Air Marshal Amao had constituted an Accident Investigation Board upon receiving the sad news of the crash yesterday, to determine the immediate and remote causes of the crash. An air force Alphajet had crashed in Zamfara State last year after an intense fire from bandits. In April 2021 a Nigerian Air force fighter jet was declared missing and suspected to have crashed. Air Force spokesman, Edward Gabkwet, later said the crash occurred as the Alpha jet, a light attack aircraft, was returning to base from a mission on the Zamfara-Kaduna border.

Source: The Guardian April 20, 2022 13:58 UTC