Ondo air crash: NAF orders probe, brings in civilian safety experts

• Air Chief pledges support for bereaved families
• 2 pilots safe after helicopter’s precautionary landing in Benue
 
From Bamigbola Gbolagunte, Akure, and Scholastica Hir, Makurdi
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has ordered a high-level investigation involving military and civilian aviation safety experts into Monday’s fatal crash of its ATR-42 aircraft in Igbokoda, Ondo State, pledging to establish the cause and support the victims’ families.
Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Sunday Kelvin Aneke, announced the investigation during a visit to the crash site on Thursday, as the service confirmed a separate incident in which two pilots were safe after their helicopter made a ...