The Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Abba Kyari, has commiserated with a pilot of the ill-fated Nigerian Air Force fighter jet that crashed in the Katampe area of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja on Friday.
Kyari was accompanied by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, during their visit to the Defence Intelligence Agency’s Hospital in Abuja.
They were briefed by the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshall Sadiq Abubakar.
The surviving pilot was placed on drips as he lay on the hospital bed.
Two Air Force jets taking part in the rehearsals for the country’s 58th Independence Day celebrations collided on Friday, with the pilot of the second jet dying on the spot.
ne of the witnesses said he noticed that three Air Force personnel ejected from the jet but two of them drew open their parachute and landed, but the other was unable to open his parachute.
The source told the News Agency of Nigeria: “He landed on the rocky hill and died instantly.
“The other jet roved and later flew away.
“Few minutes later; a joint security personnel arrived and cordoned off the scene.
“Some of those security personnel entered the bush leading to the mountain and carried the injured people to a hospital, but the other was packed in a human bag.”
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