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REVEALED: Identity Of Pilots Killed In Nigerian Air Force Aircraft Crash

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REVEALED: Identity Of Pilots Killed In Nigerian Air Force Aircraft Crash

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Abubakar Alkali, a Flight Lieutenant of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has been identified as one of the officers killed when a military aircraft crashed in Kaduna State.

The training aircraft had two pilots on board when the incident occurred on Tuesday evening.

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The aircraft, believed to be a Super Mushak, reportedly crashed within the NAF base while on a training mission.

A statement signed by one Alhaji Sule Dauda confirmed Alkali as one of the pilots onboard the ill-fated aircraft.

Dauda added that the deceased had already been buried according to Islamic rites at the NAF base Central Mosque in Kaduna.

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It was learnt that the late Alkali recently received an award as the best international cadet from the Royal Air Force in Britain.

The latest development comes a few months after a NAF aircraft crashed in Kaduna.

The incident, which occurred in May 2021, involved a Beechcraft 350, and the aircraft crashed around the Kaduna international airport.

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Ibrahim Attahiru, Chief of Army Staff, and 10 other military officers, who were on board when the plane crashed, were killed.

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