{"id":110114,"date":"2024-02-11T21:20:25","date_gmt":"2024-02-11T20:20:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/wigwe-report-of-cause-of-helicopter-crash-could-take-24-months-us-authorities"},"modified":"2024-02-12T00:04:45","modified_gmt":"2024-02-11T23:04:45","slug":"wigwe-report-of-cause-of-helicopter-crash-could-take-24-months-us-authorities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/wigwe-report-of-cause-of-helicopter-crash-could-take-24-months-us-authorities","title":{"rendered":"Wigwe: Report of cause of Helicopter crash could take 24 months \u2014 US authorities"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The United States National Transportation Safety Board, NTSB, has disclosed that the helicopter in which Herbert Wigwe was travelling caught fire after it crashed.<\/p>\n

Michael Graham, one of the board members, made this known during a media briefing on the ill-fated helicopter crash on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Graham confirmed that six people, including two crew members, died in the crash.<\/p>\n

The deaths of the co-founder and Group Chief Executive Officer of Access Holdings Plc, Herbert Wigwe was reported ; his wife, Chizoba; his son, Chizi; and Bimbo Ogunbanjo, a former chairman of the NGX. They all died in the helicopter crash that occurred on Friday night in the United States.<\/p>\n

According to reports, they were going from Palm Springs Airport to Boulder City, Nevada, when the accident occurred.<\/p>\n

Graham, while briefing reporters, said that the tragic incident occurred about 90 minutes after the charter flight took off, adding that \u201cthe helicopter impacted the terrain south of I-15 near Halloran Springs, California,\u201d about 75 miles (120 kilometres) northeast of the city of Barstow.<\/p>\n

Graham said: \u201cAs far as we know, there was fire when the aircraft did contact the terrain.\u201d<\/p>\n

He explained that witnesses said there \u201cwas rain with wintry mix\u201d when the accident occurred, adding that ongoing investigations would reveal the cause of the crash.<\/p>\n

According to him, investigators are still working on finding out the exact weather at the time of the crash.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the beginning of a long process. We will not jump to any conclusions,\u201d Graham said, warning that it could take 12 to 24 months for the full report on the investigation to be ready.<\/p>\n

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