NAF: trainer aircraft crashes in Kaduna, pilots survive

In recent reports, the Nigerian Air Force (NAF), high Command yesterday said that its Super Mushshak trainer aircraft was involved in a minor mishap earlier in the day in Kaduna. In a statement in Abuja by the Director of Public Relations and Information, of the Nigerian Air Force, Air Vice Marshal Edward Gabkwetv the accident, which occurred at about 3.5 nautical miles from Kaduna Military airfield, involved 2 pilots who were returning from a routine training flight. Luckily, both pilots came out of the crash unscathed.  It stated that the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, has since directed for preliminary investigation to ascertain the immediate cause of the crash.