Military aircraft with 32 people on board crashes in southern Nigeria
The Nigerian Air Force identified the aircraft as an ATR-42, and said that an immediate search and rescue operation was launched.
A military aircraft crashed Monday in southern Nigeria with 25 passengers and 7 crew members on board, triggering a frantic search and rescue operation, authorities said.
The aircraft was on a routine mission to Nigeria’s economic hub of Lagos when it crashed in the Igbokoda area of Ondo state, Nigeria’s Aviation Minister Festus Keyamo said in a statement.
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