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  • Chopper company formally addresses Ore road helicopter incident

    Chopper company formally addresses Ore road helicopter incident

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    Ediri Oyibo
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    Tropical Arctic Logistics Ltd. (TAL), which operated the chopper that picked an unnamed individual on the Benin-Ore Expressway, says it did not breach any civil aviation regulations. TAL’s Chief Operating Officer, Mr Femi Adeniji, made the claim while briefing newsmen on Thursday at the company’s headquarters at the Murtala Muhammad International Airport, Ikeja. A video…

  • NCAA investigates helicopter’s landing on Benin-Ore Highway

    NCAA investigates helicopter’s landing on Benin-Ore Highway

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    Bayo Millz
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    The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) says it has begun full-scale investigation to ascertain the viral video of the helicopter that landed on the Benin-Ore Expressway on Sunday. The General Manager, Public Affairs, NCAA, Mr Sam Adurogboye, confirmed the development in a statement issued in Lagos on Tuesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports…

  • JUST IN: NAF helicopter crashes in Katsina

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    Bayo Millz
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    The Nigeria Air Force has confirmed the crash of its Helicopter that was returning from a combat mission in Katsina. It, however, said no life was lost in the crash which occurred at about 3.30pm today. The NAF spokesman, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola said in a statement that the Air Force Chief has ordered a…

  • AIB concludes investigation into Osinbajo’s helicopter crash

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    Olaotan Falade
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    Seventy- two hours after an Agusta AW 139 helicopter flying Vice President Yemi Osibanjo crashed in Kabba, aviation agencies led by Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) have concluded investigations on the ‘ high profile’ accident. The completion of investigation came on the heels of gathering of evidence- inspection of the chopper wreckage at the crash site;…

  • Osinbajo: Presidency orders probe of crashed helicopter

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    Olaotan Falade
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    …says all 12 on board the crashed helicopter safe The presidency on Sunday hinted that a procedural investigation by the aviation authorities will be carried out on Vice President’s Yemi Osinbajo’s helicopter that crash-landed at Kabba, Kogi State on Saturday. This was revealed by the Vice President’s spokesman, Laolu Akande. According to Akande, a total…

  • VP Osinbajo, others survive Helicopter crash

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    Kehinde Ajose
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    Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Saturday survived an helicopter accident at Kabba in Kogi. The vice-president was on official trip to Kogi along with some of his aides when the incident occurred. All the passengers in the flight survived the accident unhurt but the helicopter was badly damaged. Security sources in the presidency confirmed the incident…

  • Buhari mourns Air Force officers who died in helicopter crash

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    Olaotan Falade
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    President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed heartfelt condolences to the Nigerian Air Force, and relations of five people who lost their lives in a military helicopter crash January 2 in Damasak, Borno State. The president mourns Flight Lieutenant Perowei Jacob (Pilot in Command), Flight Lieutenant Kaltho Paul Kilyofas (Co-Pilot), Sergeant Auwal Ibrahim (Flight Technician), Lance Corporal…

  • Why Leicester owner’s helicopter crashed – Investigator

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    Bayo Millz
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    The helicopter crash which killed Leicester City owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha and four other people probably began with a “major failure of the tail rotor”, a senior air investigator said on Wednesday, Metro reports. Tony Cable, a former senior investigator at the Air Accident Investigations Branch, assessed poignant footage of the chopper as it descended from…

  • Top military commander, 24 others killed in Afghan helicopter crash

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    Kehinde Ajose
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    An army helicopter crashed in southwestern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing 25 people on board, including a top commander. Taliban insurgents fighting the Western-backed government said they shot it down. Two army helicopters were on their way from Farah province to neighboring Herat when one lost control in low visibility and crashed into a mountain, Naser…

  • Leicester City owner among five dead in helicopter crash

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    The owner of Leicester City FC died when his helicopter crashed outside the stadium, the club has confirmed. Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, two members of his staff, the pilot and a passenger were killed when the aircraft crashed at about 8:30pm on Saturday, BBC reports Witnesses said the helicopter just cleared the King Power Stadium before it…