Search operations continue after Nigeria plane crash
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Search operations continue after Nigeria plane crash

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 8, 202622 min
  • Politics

Thursday marks the end of the three-day national mourning period in Nigeria after a military aircraft crashed in Southwest Ondo state, killing all 25 people on board. Analysts have said it is the country’s deadliest military air disaster since 1992. We hear from witnesses, and our reporter who was at the scene. And a new generation of African travel creators are using social media to show global audiences the continent's beauty through food, fashion, scenery and culture. We speak to a young Liberian creator about why she's on this journey. Presenter: Nkechi Ogbonna Producers: Victor Chege, Ay...

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Hello there and welcome to Focus on Africa. I am Nkechi Obunna. Today marks the end of the three-day national mourning period in Nigeria after a military aircraft crashed in southwest on those states, killing all 25 people on board. In what analysts say is the country's deadliest military air disaster since 1992. We hear from witnesses

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and our reporter who was at the scene. Suddenly we just hear the sound. Boom! So I come look, the plane is already cast fire.

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And some of the parts of the plane is spread in the ground. Even the control of the payload, the plane will fall across here. So I'm thankful that if the plane is falling in this place, I'm safe, I'm talking now, I will not be alive.

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