The information was contained in a statement issued by the Defence Headquarters through the Director of Defence Information, Major-General Chris Olukolade.
The statement read: “An Alpha Jet (NAF 466) belonging to the Nigerian Air Force is missing around Adamawa State.
“The aircraft, with two pilots onboard, left Yola at about 10:45am on September 12, 2014 on a routine operational mission and was expected back by 12:00 noon. Since then, all efforts to establish contact with the aircraft have not yielded any positive result. Search-and-rescue efforts towards establishing contact with the crew are ongoing,"
According to military sources, the search-and-rescue team “is not ruling out extending their search beyond our border,” but that would be after combing every nook and cranny of the north-east.
“It may have to do with mechanical fault but what was responsible would be known when the investigation is complete,” the source said.
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