Data from a recovered cockpit voice recorder remains under analysis after the Oct. 5 crash of NAF 931, while Nigeria’s air force prepares a memorial for those killed in the accident.
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) scheduled a service and wreath-laying for Nov. 26 at the National Military Cemetery in Abuja, according to a statement issued Sunday by Air Commodore Ehimen Ejodame, the force’s director of public relations and information. The statement said family members and Air Force personnel are expected.
The NAF said 25 people were aboard the aircraft, including five crew members and 20 passengers. None survived. The aircraft was traveling from Benin City to Lagos when it crashed in swampy terrain near Igbokoda, Ondo State, the Associated Press reported.
The NAF said recovery teams retrieved the Cockpit Voice Recorder, aircraft fragments and other evidence. Data from the recorder is being analyzed as the investigation proceeds with the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau and the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority.
Teams recovered several human remains, and identification work is continuing, the NAF said. The force cited swampy conditions and wreckage embedded in the ground as obstacles to the recovery.
The announcement did not state a cause of the crash or give a time for the ceremony. The memorial is scheduled for Nov. 26.
