He said: “There was no survival as the pilot of the aircraft lost his life in the unfortunate incident.”
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The Chinese-built Chengdu F7 went down in a rural area of Adamawa State, Alonge said.
Information released by the NAF spokesman, Dele Alonge revealed that the fighter jet crashed as a result of bad weather conditions.
A source in Adamawa told Daily Trust on Sunday that the crash occurred in northern part of the state, after two military aircraft the left Yola global Airport for operation in Sambisa.
He said there was a violent windstorm when the jet hit the ground with such force that its nose is buried.
He said only one of the jets returned in the evening, while the other was later confirmed to have crashed due to bad weather.
A fighter jet in the fleet of the Nigeria Air Force has crashed.
The Chief of Air Staff has set up a panel to investigate the cause of the crash.
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The aircraft was Abuja-bound and had taken off at about 6:45am from the Kaduna Military Airfield before the mishap. The outcome of the investigation, like that of earlier crashes is yet to be made public.
