Nigerian Air Force MI-171 Helicopter on a casualty evacuation mission on Monday crashed near Chukuba Village in Niger State.
NAF in a statement issued by its spokesman, Edward Gabkwet, detailed that the aircraft had departed Zungeru Primary School enroute Kaduna but crashed near Chukuba Village in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State.
“Efforts are currently ongoing to rescue the crew and passengers on board while investigations have commenced to determine the cause of the crash.”
The accident reportedly happened around 1pm. The number of persons onboard or their state were unknown as of press time.