Breaking: Military helicopter crashes in port harcourt

A Nigerian Air Force(NAF) helicopter has crashed in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital, on Friday morning.

This was confirmed by NAF spokesman, Edward Gabkwet in a statement.

According to the statement, all the officials onboard survived though they sustained “minor injuries”.

The helicopter with the number NAF MI-35P crashed at exactly 7.45 am shortly after it took off for an operation against economic saboteurs in Rivers State.

“Fortunately, the entire crew of 5 survived the crash with very minor injuries and are currently being attended to at NAF Medical Centre Port Harcourt.

“The Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, is currently en route Port Harcourt to access the situation for himself, see to the wellbeing of the crew and give further directives,” the statement reads in part.

The cause of the incident is yet to be ascertained as at the time of filing this report.