Aircraft crashes in Owerri airport with four persons onboard
A Cessna 172 aircraft with registration range 5N-ASR, operated by means of Skypower express, crashed on the Sam Mbakwe international cargo Airport, Owerri, Imo nation on Tuesday evening, December 16.
The plane with four passengers and group participants onboard, had departed Kaduna global Airport en course to Port Harcourt global Airport earlier than diverting to Owerri after the group declared an emergency.
Confirming the incident, the Director, Public Affairs and circle of relatives assistance of the Nigerian protection investigation Bureau (NSIB), Mrs. Bimbo Oladeji, said the enterprise have been notified of the crash. in keeping with the NSIB, the aircraft crashed at the technique area of Runway 17, however no fatalities had been recorded so far.
also confirming the incident, the spokesperson of the Nigeria Police force, Airport Command, Lagos, ASP Mohammed Adeola, stated the plane sustained various degrees of damage. He stated that 4 (four) crew contributors on board on the time of the prevalence and have been successfully rescued. Adeola referred to that even as two of the crew participants have been in solid circumstance, the ultimate 2, who had been initially unconscious, have been straight away evacuated to the sanatorium in which they are currently receiving clinical interest.
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