AIRCRAFT CRASHES IN OWERRI AIRPORT WITH FOUR PERSONS ONBOARD. (PHOTOS).

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 Aircraft crashes in Owerri airport with four persons onboard A Cessna 172 aircraft with registration number 5N-ASR, operated by Skypower Express, crashed at the Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport, Owerri, Imo state on Tuesday evening, December 16. The aircraft with four passengers and crew members onboard, had departed Kaduna International Airport en route to Port Harcourt International Airport before diverting to Owerri after the crew declared an emergency. Confirming the incident, the Director, Public Affairs and Family Assistance of the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB), Mrs. Bimbo Oladeji, said the agency had been notified of the crash. According to the NSIB, the aircraft crashed on the approach area of Runway 17, but no fatalities have been recorded so far. Also confirming the incident, the spokesperson of the Nigeria Police Force, Airport Command, Lagos, ASP Mohammed Adeola, said the aircraft sustained varying degrees of damage. He mentioned that four (4) crew ...

HOW 34-YEAR-OLD NIGERIAN U. S. NAVAL OFFICER, AREGBESOLA DIED IN RED SEA. (PHOTO).


 How 34-year-old Nigerian US Naval Officer, Aregbesola Died in Red Sea


A Nigerian-born United States Naval Officer, Michael Aregbesola, has died in the Red Sea after falling overboard while in operation.


In the statement provided on the Naval website, the Pentagon wrote, “The U.S. Navy on Saturday identified the Sailor lost overboard from USS Mason (DDG 87) while operating in the Red Sea, March 20.


“Aviation Machinist’s Mate 2nd Class Oriola Michael Aregbesola, assigned to the ‘Swamp Foxes’ of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 74, was deployed with a detachment aboard Mason, which has been operating in the U.S. 5th Fleet since November.He will continue on in the heart of every Swamp Fox and our brothers and sisters in the IKE Carrier Strike Group. Our deepest thoughts and prayers are with his family,” the statement added.


Aregbesola, of Florida, joined the Navy in July 2020. He reported to HSM-74 in December 2020.


In October 2020, immediately after he was recruited, Aregbesola wrote about his ordeal of being jobless for so many years before his breakthrough in the US Navy.


“I was jobless for so many years, my country of birth (Nigeria, now renounced) failed me, but the US Navy saw potential in me and made me a fine ass sailor, working on jet engines,” he wrote on Twitter (now X)

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