Beheaded/Onthoofd 3oct: pilot of missing Nigerian Alpha Jet

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Beheaded/Onthoofd 3oct: pilot of missing Nigerian Alpha Jet

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...in other words: they are still missing after more than 48 hours... :(
Narrative:
The Alpha Jet, with two pilots on board, left its base in Yola, Adamawa state, on what was described as a “routine operational mission” at about 10:45 am (0945 GMT) on Friday and had been expected back by midday the same day.
It is still missing.
http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=169803
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November 2024 update at FokkerNews.nl....
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Re: 14sep2014: Nigerian AlphaJet + 2 pilots 2 days "overdue"

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http://abcnews.go.com/International/wir ... t-25939560
Boko Haram Video Shows Beheading of Nigeria Pilot

LAGOS, Nigeria — Oct 3, 2014, 11:58 AM ET

Boko Haram, the extremist Islamic group In Nigeria,
has published a video that shows charred plane wreckage
and the beheading of a man identified as a pilot of a missing Nigerian Air Force jet,
bolstering the group's claims that it shot down a fighter plane.

The video ends with a show of burnt-out plane parts in rugged bush.

Two pilots and an Alpha jet
have been missing since Sept. 11
when it left the northeastern town of Yola on a bombing mission against Boko Haram.

The video shows a kneeling man in a camouflage vest with his right hand in a sling,
with a fighter hovering over him with an ax,
which is later used in the beheading.

Speaking in English, the victim identifies himself as a wing commander
in the Nigerian Air Force
and says he was undertaking a
mission in Kauri area of northeast Borno state.

"We were shot down and our aircraft crashed," he says.
"To this day I don't know the whereabouts of my second pilot."

The insurgents have stolen military hardware from Nigerian forces, probably including anti-aircraft weapons.
November 2024 update at FokkerNews.nl....
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