{"id":114574,"date":"2021-02-21T21:53:53","date_gmt":"2021-02-21T13:53:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=114574"},"modified":"2021-02-21T22:02:46","modified_gmt":"2021-02-21T14:02:46","slug":"nigerian-military-plane-crashes-on-approach-to-abuja-airport-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=114574","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian military plane crashes on approach to Abuja airport: Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/dims4\/USNEWS\/d7d4080\/2147483647\/thumbnail\/640x420\/quality\/85\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.beam.usnews.com%2F3f%2Fbb74e021ccd267b20615d2f21076d4%2Ftag%3Areuters.com%2C2021%3Anewsml_LYNXMPEH1K08E%3A12021-02-21T133901Z_1_LYNXMPEH1K08E_RTROPTP_3_NIGERIA-CRASH.JPG\" alt=\"Reuters\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">Rescuers and people gather near the debris of a Nigerian air force plane, which according to the aviation minister crashed while approaching the Abuja airport runway<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ABUJA, Feb 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; A Nigerian air force plane crashed while approaching the Abuja airport runway due to engine failure on Sunday, Nigeria&#8217;s aviation minister said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hadi Sirika said on his Twitter account that &#8220;a military aircraft King Air 350 has just crashed short of our Abuja runway after reporting engine failure en route Minna.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He gave no details on casualties but wrote: &#8220;It appears to be fatal.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n\nHe added: \u201cWe should remain calm &amp; wait for the outcome of an investigation by the military, while we pray for the departed soul\/souls if any.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No other information was immediately available.\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minna is a city about 110 kilometres northwest of Abuja.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Nigerian Air Force spokesman said he was driving to the airport because of the crash, but gave no additional information. &#8212; NNN-AGENCIES<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rescuers and people gather near the debris of a Nigerian air force plane, which according to the aviation minister crashed while approaching the Abuja airport runway ABUJA, Feb 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; A Nigerian air force plane crashed while approaching the Abuja airport runway due to engine failure on Sunday, Nigeria&#8217;s aviation minister said. Hadi Sirika [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":114579,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[213],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114574"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=114574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114574\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/114579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=114574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=114574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=114574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}