The Accident Investigation Bureau, in a statement on Thursday, confirmed that the crash occurred around 07:30pm on Wednesday.
According to the statement signed by AIB spokesman, Tunji Oketunbi who also confirmed that “there were some injuries but no fatality”, six persons were onboard the helicopter when the crash occurred,
The statement was titled, ‘Press Statement On Nigeria Police Helicopter Occurrence’.
Press Statement on Nigeria Police Helicopter Occurrence
The On 26th January, 2022, Accident Investigation Bureau, Nigeria was notified by Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) about an accident involving a Bell 429 helicopter with Registration Marks 5N-MDA owned and operated by Nigerian Police Force (NPF).
The accident occurred on 26th January, 2022 around 7:30pm (Local Time) at Bauchi Airport. The NPF helicopter had departed Abuja at 16:54 UTC for Bauchi with Six persons on board maintaining 5,500ft
There were some injuries but no fatality.
The investigating agency, AIB-N needs and hereby solicits for your assistance. We want the public to know that we would be amenable to receiving any video clips, evidences, or information any member of the public may have of the accident that can assist us with this investigation.
The Bureau will appreciate that the general public and press respect the privacy of the people involved and NOT assume the cause of the accident until formal report is released.
