Former Minister of State, FCT, Senator Solomon Ewuga, has lost his daughter, Aduayi Ewuga, in a caverton plane crash which occured yesterday, Wednesday, 11th May 2022, in Cameroun, claiming her life and that of 11 other people on board.

She was said to be the pilot of the ill-fated plane with registration number Haviiland DHC-6-400 twin otta on behalf of COTCO Cameroun Oil Transport Company registration TJ-TIM performing a charter flight from Yaounde to Tomta (Cameron) with 11 people on board.

They had returned to Yaounde due to bad weather, remained on ground for 75 minutes and departed again to Domta at 12.46L with an endurance of about 4.5 hours.

At 14.00L contact with the aircraft was lost and estimated arrival at Domta had been 14.34L.

The aircraft did not land at airport beyond the endurance time. The aircraft was later found crashed in a forest about two kilometers north of Nsem (Cameroun) and the aircraft destroyed with no survivors.

The aircraft was said to be carrying oil workers.

Story: Hilda Katu

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