Many feared dead as NAF aircraft crashes in Kaduna

A Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Super Mushak aircraft crashed in Kaduna State, killing the two pilots onboard the aircraft.

The aircraft, which was on a training flight – part of its activities lined up to mark the Nigerian Air Force Day slated for May 14 — crashed on Tuesday evening when the pilots lost control.

The remains of the two pilots who were Flight Lieutenants have already been recovered and deposited in the NAF Hospital, Kaduna, as the authorities wait to make any contact with their families.

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The NAF has yet to release a comment in response to the disaster. An official statement stating the facts and causes of the crash was sent to be issued by the NAF Director of Public Relations and Information Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet.

The crash brings the total number of NAF aircraft crashes since 2021 to three, including the Beechcraft KingAir350i, which killed all seven officers on board in Abuja on March 21, 2021

Recall that last year a military aircraft conveying Ibrahim Attahiru, the former, Chief of Army Staff and 10 others, crashed killing all the officers onboard including the Army Chief.

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.