No fewer than seven persons were on Saturday, August 29, 2015 confirmed dead following the crash of a helicopter at the site of the Old Nigerian Defence Academy in Kaduna State.
The crashed helicopter belongs to the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) and was headed to Abuja from the NAF base n the state before the unfortunate ncdent.
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), confirmed that none of the seven passengers aboard the chopper survived the mishap.






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