Those who died with General Attahiru: Time to ground the plane brand

demola

May 22, 2021

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General Attahiru, left; the crash site, right and the plane brand in NAF fleet

Those on Board the Ill-fated Flight:
Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Entourage

1. LT GEN IBRAHIM ATTAHIRU.
2. BRIG GEN MI ABDULKADIR.
3. BRIG GEN OLAYINKA.
4. BRIG GEN KULIYA.
5. MAJ LA HAYAT.
6. MAJ HAMZA.
7. SGT UMAR.

Lawal Hayat, ADC to the COAS was on board

CREW
8. FLT LT TO ASANIYI.
9. FLT LT AA OLUFADE.
10. SGT ADESINA.
11. ACM OYEDEPO.

The Chief of Army Staff died in a King Air 350 aircraft, according to H. Ovie and Kenny Awujoola.

They added: “We had four of them :
NAF201
NAF202
NAF203
NAF204

In February 2021, NAF201 crashed in Abuja and killed all eight Airforce men. Now NAF203 has killed everyone onboard. Time to ground NAF202 and NAF204.”

RIP 21st COAS who died on 21st May on 21st week of the year ,in the 21st year of the 21st Century. 21 guns salute!

4 responses to “Those who died with General Attahiru: Time to ground the plane brand”

Petri Louhivuori
June 5, 2021

I hope the King Air crews receive proper and sufficient initial and annual training. This needs to be done using full flight simulators and experienced instructors.
Randy
May 23, 2021

The King Air 350 is one of the greatest airplanes ever built. It just needs to be maintained and flown correctly, like every other airplane.
Paxman
May 22, 2021

Nigeria, buy this STOL plane, the best one

https://m28aircraft.com/
Freedom
May 22, 2021

Am absolutely sure most nations wouldn’t be using these classes of air crafts in their fleets ..why do we go for cheap and outdated equipment at the expense of our well trained personnel in all fields endeavors…imagine loosing these lives to just carelessness and overriding the right things to be done.I weep seriously for our country..