While on "routine aerial patrol" the helicopter crashed into a residential area. Reports vary as to number of fatalities, but general consensus is 7 in the helicopter and 5 on the ground. Nigerian Police press release names four in the helicopter - DIG Haruna John the DIG In-charge of Operations, ACP Garba Yalwa - Pilot, CSP Alexander Pwol-Ja co-pilot and Sgt Sonatian Shirunam – orderly. One newspaper reports only a pig killed on the ground!
- Date
- March 14, 2012
- Reg
- 5N-POL
- Make
- Bell
- Model
- B427
- MSN
- 56035
- Location
- Rukuba - a suburb of Jos, Plateau State
- Country
- Nigeria
- CivilMilitary
- Civil
- Operator
- Nigerian-Police
- Link 1
- http://newnigerianpolitics.com/2012/03/14/just-in-top-police-officers-including-dig-john-harun-die-in-helicopter-crash-in-jos/
- Link 2
- http://leadership.ng/nga/articles/19304/2012/03/15/aib_dispatches_investigators_scene_helicopter_crash.html
- Link 3
- http://www.businessdayonline.com/NG/index.php/news/76-hot-topic/34468-fg-orders-probe-into-police-helicopter-crash
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