In its resolve to ensure availability of well trained pilots to prosecute the ongoing war against insurgency, banditry and other forms of criminality in the Country, the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) today, 10 September 2020, graduated additional 29 student pilots who have completed their ab-initio flying training at the 401 Flying Training School (401 FTS), Kaduna.
The graduating students, who are members of 66 Regular Course of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), comprising 27 male and 2 female officers, commenced training as flight cadets of NDA on 7 January 2019 as members of Student Pilots Course 46 (SP 46). With …
Investigators largely blamed the two pilots, who ignored flight protocols and had been discussing the coronavirus outbreak when they first attempted to land the Airbus A320.
PIA spokesman
Six people, including two pilots, were killed when a plane carrying medical supplies crashed in south-western Somalia on Monday.
βThe cause of the accident is not yet known,β government spokesman Ismael Mukhtar Omar told the Germanyβs news agency dpa.
The plane, which was carrying medical supplies needed in the fight against the coronavirus, took off from Baidoa airport in the Bay region.
It crashed shortly after, near the town of Bardaale where it was meant to land, Omar said.
Gilbert Kibe, director general of the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority, confirmed to …
