Air crashes: NAAPE laments poor emergency response, rescue infrastructure

By Chinelo Obogo
The National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers (NAAPE) has raised concerns over the worrying state of Nigeria’s emergency response and rescue infrastructure and called on relevant stakeholders to take the necessary steps to close various gaps.
NAAPE’s position was necessitated by the recent crash of a Sikorsky SK76 helicopter with registration 5N-BQG, operated by East Wind Aviation that went down near Bonny Finima in the Atlantic Ocean in Port Harcourt, Ri