PRESIDENT TINUBU MOURNS NAF PERSONNEL IN ONDO JET CRASH, ORDERS THOROUGH INVESTIGATION OF THE MISHAP. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE.

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 STATEHOUSE PRESS STATEMENT PRESIDENT TINUBU MOURNS NAF PERSONNEL IN ONDO JET CRASH, ORDERS THOROUGH INVESTIGATION OF THE MISHAP   President Bola Tinubu has expressed profound sadness over the crash on Monday morning of a Nigerian Air Force ATR-42 jet near a naval base in the Igbokoda area of Ondo State.   The aircraft was on a routine mission from Benin to Lagos when the accident occurred.   The President extends his deepest condolences to the family of the 25 passengers and seven crew members involved, the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Sunday Kelvin Aneke, and all officers, airmen and airwomen of the Nigerian Air Force.   "This is a painful moment for our Armed Forces and for the entire nation. Our Air Force personnel put their lives on the line every day to secure Nigeria. Their sacrifice will never be forgotten."   “The Chief of Air Staff has briefed me, and I have directed the Nigerian Air Force to immediately commence a thorough investigation in...

2 PEOPLE WERE MISTAKENLY HIT BY A BULLET FROM A GUN AT THE LAGOS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT,TODAY.

                   Today friday,two persons were injured at the General Aviation Terminal of the Murtala Muhammed Airport,Lagos when the gun carried by a man identified as an orderly to a senator accidentally discharged on him and a woman as he tried to remove the magazine.The orderly who was to travel on Arik Air and wanted to lodge his gun,which is a standard practice on air travel,but the gun released a bullet that splinted and hit both the man and woman on the leg as he bent down to pull the magazine out of the gun.According to The Nation,the two people were taken to hospital at the airport.Source hinted that they trekked out of the terminal to the vehicle that took them to the hospital.The General Manager,Public Affairs of FAAN,Mr. Yakubu Dati,who confirmed the incident,said what happened is an accident and added that stowing the gun away with its magazine is standard procedure.He said guns are not taken on-board aircraft as standard aviation practice.They are usually checked in the luggage compartment.Dati assured air travellers that all the airports are safe and secure and recognition of the security challenges in the country and in the world,security at the nation's airport has been fortified.One more photo below.                                                                              

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