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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>United States authorities on Sunday said preliminary reports suggest that the chopper crash that killed Group Chief Executive Officer of Access Holding Plc, Herbert Wigwe, his Wife, son and others was because of wintry weather conditions.<\/p>\n

Speaking during a media briefing Saturday (3 am Nigerian time, Sunday), a National Transportation Safety Board member, Michael Graham, said officials were on the scene to gather perishable evidence.<\/p>\n

\u201cWitness reports of the weather conditions during the accident suggest rain and a wintry mix.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe helicopter was not equipped with a cockpit voice recorder or a flight data recorder. This helicopter was not required to be equipped with those types of recording devices,\u201d Graham said.<\/p>\n

Asked about more information on the passengers, Graham stated there were no details but added that \u201cany names will be released through the coroner\u2019s office\u201d without specifying a time frame.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Access Bank had confirmed the death of Wigwe and his family members in a statement on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Reports filtered in on Saturday evening announcing Wigwe\u2019s death in California United States plane crash.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. United States authorities on Sunday said preliminary reports suggest that the chopper crash that killed Group Chief Executive Officer of Access Holding Plc, Herbert Wigwe, his Wife, son and others was because of wintry weather conditions. 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