Air force officers involved in
the fight against insurgency suffered a setback on Sunday as the rotor of a
helicopter killed an air chief marshal simply identified as Umar.
An airman, who witnessed the
tragic incident, revealed that it happened at Bama in Borno state on
Saturday evening.
The aircraft was said to have
developed a fault.
The deceased, who was the
co-pilot, had gone to the pick his bags and on his way back, he passed through
the side of the rotor which was functioning.
“Immediately his head was chopped
off,” the source said.
“The aircraft has been recovered
and taken back to the air base. No damage was found on the tail rotor,” the
source said.
The tragic incident reportedly
occurred around 4pm on Satirday.
The source said family members of
the deceased have been informed while the burial arrangement was on as of the
time this report was filed.
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