Nigerian Police Force interim-statement accident NPF/2018/10/03/INTR/01

On 3rd October, 2018 at about 08:26 h, a Cessna Citation 560 XLS+ aircraft with nationality and registration marks 5N-HAR operated by Nigeria Police Force, departed Abuja to route Bauchi (DNBC)-Akure (DNAK)-Abuja (DNAA) on an Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) flight plan. There were six persons onboard; the Captain, Co-pilot, Cabin Crew and three passengers At 08:20 h, the crew requested for taxi clearance for take-off on runway 17. At 08:23 h, the crews were granted taxi and departure clearance.