A Nigerian Air Force fighter jet on Friday crashed in Makurdi, Benue State capital.
The crash was confirmed by the NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore, Edward Gabkwet, in a statement on Friday.
He said the crash occurred during training, two pilots onboard the aircraft survived and were being observed in a military facility.
“An FT7-NI aircraft crashed today in Makurdi. The cause of the crash could not be immediately ascertained. It had two Airmen onboard. They ejected unhurt from the jet.”
“Meanwhile, the Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshal Hasan Abubakar, has constituted a Board of Inquiry to determine the immediate and remote causes of the crash,” he said.