7 die as Nigerian Airforce plane crashes into building in Kaduna

A Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Dornier-228 aircraft with call sign NAF030 crashed in Kaduna today, killing all on board .

According to the statement by the NAF Headquarters,

“A Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Dornier-228 aircraft, with call sign NAF030, has crashed into a house at Ribadu Cantonment, Kaduna.
“Though no casualty was recorded on ground, there were no survivors among the passengers on board the aircraft’’, the statement said.

It said the aircraft was Abuja bound and had taken-off at about 6.45a.m. from the Kaduna Military Airfield before the mishap.

The bodies of the passengers had been recovered while fire fighters had been mobilised to the crash site to curtail fire from spreading to buildings. (NAN)