{"id":79894,"date":"2025-12-09T14:12:04","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T14:12:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=79894"},"modified":"2025-12-09T14:12:04","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T14:12:04","slug":"naf-clarifies-burkina-faso-airspace-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/12\/09\/naf-clarifies-burkina-faso-airspace-incident\/","title":{"rendered":"NAF Clarifies Burkina Faso Airspace Incident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Onyeanya Ebere Immaculata<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Nigerian Air Force (NAF), has clarified that its C-130 aircraft\u2019s diversion to Burkina Faso on 8 December 2025 was a precautionary landing due to a technical issue shortly after takeoff from Lagos.<\/p>\n<p>The Air Force said the move followed standard safety procedures and international aviation protocols.<\/p>\n<p>All personnel on board are safe and receiving assistance in Bobo-Dioulasso, where the aircraft landed while on a ferry mission to Portugal.<\/p>\n<p>Air Commodore Ehimen Ejodame, NAF\u2019s Director of Public Relations, explained that the crew acted immediately upon detecting the fault and plans are underway to resume the mission.<\/p>\n<p>The statement emphasized NAF\u2019s commitment to operational and safety standards and appreciated the support received during the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier reports suggested the aircraft had violated Burkina Faso\u2019s airspace, but NAF clarified the landing was purely a safety measure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Onyeanya Ebere Immaculata The Nigerian Air Force (NAF), has clarified that its C-130 aircraft\u2019s diversion to Burkina Faso on 8 December 2025 was a precautionary landing due to a technical issue shortly after takeoff from Lagos. The Air Force said the move followed standard safety procedures and international aviation protocols. All personnel on board [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":79895,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172,1746],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-travel"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79894"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79894\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79896,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79894\/revisions\/79896"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}