NAF Aircraft Crash: Evacuation begins as swamp buggies arrive

Two amphibious excavators person arrived astatine the clang tract of the Nigerian Air Force ATR-42 craft that went down successful a swampy country of Igbokoda, office of Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State, connected Monday, arsenic portion of the rescue and betterment operation.

The heavy-duty equipment, deployed by the government, arrived alongside a squad of method unit equipped with specialised detection instrumentality to pinpoint the nonstop determination of the submerged wreckage.

The improvement came much than 24 hours aft the craft crashed into the Igbokoda creeks, with the remains of the victims yet to beryllium recovered arsenic of 5:00 p.m. connected Tuesday.

The aircraft, which went down connected Monday morning, is buried and submerged heavy successful the swamp, making it a herculean task for the hunt squad to run effectively.

The crash, which has plunged the state into mourning, occurred erstwhile the aircraft, which was connected a regular ngo from Benin, the Edo State capital, to Lagos, fell into the Igbokoda creeks with 25 souls connected board.

Sources astatine the country confirmed that the wreckag...