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Air Force recovers cockpit voice recorder from Ondo crash site

NAF says the recorder from ATR-42 NAF 931 was found intact, six weeks after 25 people died at Igbokoda.

Air Force recovers cockpit voice recorder from Ondo crash site
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The Nigerian Air Force said on Friday, 6 November that it had recovered the cockpit voice recorder from its ATR-42 aircraft, NAF 931, which crashed at Igbokoda in Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State on 5 October, killing all 25 people on board.

The force said the recorder was confirmed intact by NAF and Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau teams. Part of the flight data recorder, additional wreckage, engine components and human remains were also recovered, and the search for the remainder of the black box continued.

Source: Premium Times

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