Nigerian military aircraft crashes on approach to Abuja airport

Aviation minister says King Air 350 ‘crashed short of our Abuja runway after reporting engine failure en route Minna’.

A Nigerian military aircraft has crashed while approaching the Abuja airport runway due to engine failure. Aviation Minister Hadi Sirika said on his Twitter account on Sunday “a military aircraft King Air 350 has just crashed short of our Abuja runway after reporting engine failure en route Minna.” Minna is a city about 110km northwest of Nigeria’s capital, Abuja.