Sikosky S-92 was acquired by Caverton Helicopters Nigeria Limited and shipped from the United States to America
A caverton plane has crashed on Wednesday in Cameron claiming the lives of 11 people onboard.
Investigations show that plane with registration number Haviiland DHC-6-400 twin otta on behalf of COTCO Cameron Oil Transport Company registration TJ-TIM performing a charter flight from Yaounde to Tomta (Cameron) with 11 people on board had returned to Yaounde due to weather, remained on ground for 75 minutes and returned and departed again to Domta at 12.46L with an endurance of about 4.5 hours.
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At 14.00L contact with the aircraft was lost and estimated arrival at Domta had been 14.34L. The aircraft did not land at airport beyond the endurance time.
The aircraft was later found crashed in a forest about two kilometers north of Nsem (Cameron) and the aircraft destroyed with no survivors. The aircraft was said to be carrying oil workers.
The Cameron Ministry of Transport confirmed the aircraft had crashed.
Ifeoma Okeke-Korieocha
Ifeoma Okeke-Korieocha is the Aviation Correspondent at BusinessDay Media Limited, publishers of BusinessDay Newspapers.
She is also the Deputy Editor, BusinessDay Weekender Magazine, the Saturday Weekend edition of BusinessDay.
She holds a BSC in Mass Communication from the prestigious University of Nigeria, Nsukka and a Masters degree in Marketing at the University of Lagos.
As the lead writer on the aviation desk, Ifeoma is responsible and in charge of the three weekly aviation and travel pages in BusinessDay and BDSunday. She also overseas and edits all pages of BusinessDay Saturday Weekender.
She has written various investigative, features and news stories in aviation and business related issues and has been severally nominated for award in the category of Aviation Writer of the Year by the Nigeria Media Nite-Out awards; one of the Nigeria’s most prestigious media awards ceremonies.
Ifeoma is a one-time winner of the
prestigious Nigeria Media Merit Award under the 'Aviation Writer of the Year' Category.
She is the 2025 Eloy Award winner under the Print Media Journalist category.
She has undergone several journalism trainings by various prestigious organisations.
Ifeoma is also a fellow of the Female Reporters Leadership Fellowship of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism.
