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News Nigeria launches rescue after military plane crashes with 32 aboard The wreckage has been located and search-and-rescue operations are ongoing. Nigeria launches rescue after military plane crashes with 32 aboard A Nigerian military ATR 42-500 aircraft crashed near a naval base in the country’s southwest.
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[File: ] has launched a search-and-rescue operation after a military aircraft carrying 32 people crashed in Ondo state in the country’s southwest. The wreckage of the aircraft has been located near the naval base in Igbokoda, Aviation Minister Festus Keyamo said on Monday. The plane disappeared while flying from Benin to Lagos. “The wreckage has been located and search and rescue operations are ongoing,” Keyamo said in a statement. He added that preliminary information indicated that 25 passengers and seven crew members were on board. Air traffic controllers lost contact with the aircraft at 09:13 local time (0813 GMT). Repeated attempts to reach it by radio were unsuccessful. The Nigerian air force said the plane was an ATR-42 that had been travelling to Lagos on a routine flight. Rescue teams have been deployed to the crash site. Keyamo said he had spoken with Nigeria’s Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sunday Kelvin Aneke, and offered the Aviation Ministry’s “total cooperation and assistance” in the rescue effort. Authorities have not yet confirmed any casualties.
Originally reported by Al Jazeera.
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