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Nigerian Air Force ATR-42 aircraft crashes near Igbokoda, Ondo State

Titles and summaries are AI-extracted from news reporting; every source is linked below. Event id 29335696-5094-46c0-98cc-a940d000103a.

Where
Igbokodaresolved to locality6.354, 4.801
When
Occurrence date not stated by reportingFirst reported 2026-10-05 · last update 2026-10-07
Sourcing
225 reports225 reports across 58 outlets · independence not established
How far this got
localizednamed facility unresolvedOptical coverageSub-metre commercial imagery was recommended; Sentinel-2 is the closest we carry at 10 m, so small objects will not resolve.

Summary

A Nigerian Air Force ATR-42 aircraft crashed near Igbokoda in Ondo State on October 6, 2026, during a routine mission from Benin City to Lagos. The aircraft lost contact with air traffic controllers at approximately 9:13-9:26 a.m. and crashed in a swampy area near a naval base. Casualty figures differ across reports: some sources report 25 fatalities while others report 32 people on board with no survivors. The aircraft carried both military personnel and civilians. Flags were flown at half-mast at Air Force facilities, and a witness observed the plane engulfed in flames before it crashed. President Bola Tinubu declared three days of national mourning and ordered an investigation. The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau indicated that the Nigerian Air Force holds responsibility for the investigation, with technical support available if requested. Search and recovery operations were conducted by emergency personnel and security agencies, with the National Emergency Management Agency deploying swamp buggies to aid recovery efforts.

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What remains unresolved

  • named facility unresolved

Timeline

207 recorded change(s). The ledger starts when this event was first folded: the initial observation is not recorded as a change, so an empty timeline means nothing has moved since, not that nothing is known.

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    225 reports in all; the full list with the facts taken from each is part of the event detail on Pro.

    Related events

    1 related event(s) and 3 place(s) or facilities — the same facility, place, actor or campaign. Part of the event detail on Pro.

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