Ministan Aviation da Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, ya tabbatar da hadarin helikopta Sikorsky SK76 da kamfanin East Wind Aviation ke gudanarwa, inda ya ce an samu gawarwaki uku a lokacin aikin tallafin gargaɗi.
Hadariyar ta faru kusan sa’a 11:22 na safe ranar Alhamis a kan ruwan kusa da Bonny Finima a Tekun Atlantika.
Helikoptar ta kasance tana tafiyar daga Filin Sojan Port Harcourt zuwa rigar man fetur ta NUIMANTAN tare da mutane takwas a cikinta.
Keyamo ya sanar da hadarin ta hanyar sanarwa a shafinsa na X, inda ya nuna damu mai zurfi kuma ya tabbatar cewa ayyukan tallafin gargaɗi na gaggawa sun fara.
“Aircraft, tare da mutane takwas a cikinta, ta fadi a ruwan kusa da Bonny Finima a Tekun Atlantika…. ‘Hukumar Binciken Tsaron Nijeriya ta samu sanarwa, kuma ƙungiyoyin ayyukan tallafin gargaɗi sun fara aiki. Ayyukan neman tallafi na gaggawa suna faruwa tare da goyon bayan Ƙungiyar Neman Tallafi ta Nijeriya, Hukumar Kula da Tsaro ta Sufuri ta Nijeriya, Hukumar Binciken Tsaron Kasa, da sauran hukumomin da suka dace. Filayen jirgin sama na kusa sun samu sanarwa don taimako.
‘Ba a samu ishara ta Emergency Locator Transmitter ba, amma ayyukan na’ura suna faruwa don gano wurin hadarin. Duk albarkatun da ke akwai, gami da sojoji da jiragen sama masu tashi ƙasa, an ajiye su don taimakawa wajen samun waɗanda suka tsira. Har yanzu, gawarwaki uku sun samu,’ in ya ce Keyamo.
Ayyukan neman tallafi na gaggawa suna faruwa don samun wadanda suka tsira.
