Nigerian Air Force

He was quite up in Nigeria, wasn't he?

Well, he was actually... pretty much the first Nigerian Air Force man ever he was in yeah it was one of the first 10 Nigerian like they the foundations of the Nigerian Air Force every Nigerian Air Force base in the country opposite it'd be a mouthful road or it'd be a mouthful street or it'd be a mouthful lane is that

right

yeah you're joking it's a full on like you know he's a full on hero over there but Ruth and Arthur they'd always be like oh yeah your dad's just a pilot

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In military aviation, the most serious event of the period took place in Nigeria on October fifth.

A Nigerian Air Force ATR forty-two crashed in Ondo State while flying between Benin City and Lagos.

The Air Force confirmed that all twenty-five people on board died, twenty passengers and five crew members.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

[somber music] We begin in Nigeria, where national flags are flying at half-mast as the country marks the third day of mourning after a military aircraft crash claimed the lives of all twenty-five people on board.

Authorities say the Nigerian Air Force plane carrying five crew members and twenty passengers to Lagos crashed into a swamp near a naval base in Ibokoda in Ondo State, southwest Nigeria.

Residents gathered at the scene, watching as search and rescue teams tried to recover the wreckage and searched for victims.

Here's what some of them told us.

You know, of course, their, their names were put out publicly.

Some were said reportedly to have just gotten married recently.

So it's quite sad, and there's a bit of context considering Nigeria is fighting insurgency, so every loss of manpower or even, you know, equipment or aircraft is a huge loss to the country's fight against insurgency and the Nigerian Air Force plays a huge role in this fight-

Mm.

Okay.

The, the als- the Daily Trust also reports that the Nigerian Air Force has begun a probe and have opened a condolence register.

And I, uh, you know, if you're anywhere near, uh, any air force base, you might want to...

Because we must learn to be patriotic about these things.

Aiyedatiwa says the difficult swampy terrain has slowed the recovery operation.

He also thanked the Navy, NEMA, security agencies, and local residents for their support.

Meanwhile, the search for victims and wreckage continues in Ondo State after a Nigerian Air Force aircraft crashed in Igbokoda.

The aircraft went down in a swampy area near the naval base