Nigerian Air Force plane missing in Adamawa

An Alpha Jet (NAF 466) belonging to the Nigerian Air Force is missing around Adamawa State.

According to a statement signed by Director of Defence Information, Major General Chris Olukolade, “The aircraft, with two pilots onboard, left Yola at about 10:45am on 12 September 2014 on a routine operational mission and was expected back by 12:00 noon.

“Since then, all efforts to establish contact with the aircraft have not yielded any positive result. Meanwhile, search and rescue effort is ongoing to establish contact with the crew”.