{"id":6193,"date":"2020-08-28T17:52:27","date_gmt":"2020-08-28T17:52:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=6193"},"modified":"2020-08-28T17:52:27","modified_gmt":"2020-08-28T17:52:27","slug":"tragedy-as-helicopter-crashes-into-lagos-building-escaped-residents-narrate-ordeal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=6193","title":{"rendered":"Tragedy As Helicopter Crashes Into Lagos Building &#8230; Escaped Residents Narrate Ordeal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">Tragedy As Helicopter Crashes Into Lagos Building &#8230; Escaped Residents Narrate Ordeal<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">From Our Reporter<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">It was a tragic moment for residents of<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Salvation Road in Opebi area of Ikeja, Lagos where an helicopter crashed into a building.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Residents who escaped death while expressing shock thanked God for sparing their lives. Some of the occupants were at work. They said.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">According to News Agency of Nigeria, (NAN) who spoke to residents at the scene of the incident, their called was that of ensuring\u00a0 proper maintenance of aircraft before flying.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0Mrs Grace Awolaja, a resident told NAN that it was shocking and surprising to experience such an unexpected incident<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">According to Awolaja, the helicopter was seen hovering in the sky for some minutes before crashing into the building.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cWe thank God that nobody was affected in the building but l learnt that the pilot and two people died,\u2019\u2019 Awolaja said.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Another resident, Alhaji Saliu Bamidele, suggested that engine seizure might be responsible for the crash.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Bamidele said that the helicopter crashed at the back of house No. 16, Salvation Road, damaging two cars and the fence of the building.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Mr Mark Okeke, a fabric shop owner in front of the building, told NAN that the helicopter was cited in the air struggling to crash-land in the canal but \u201csuddenly pick up and faced the building\u2019\u2019.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cWe just heard loud sound with heavy dust from the house.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cMany occupants of the building were not at home.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">However, the pilot and three others on board of the helicopter were found dead.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Acting Coordinator, Lagos Territorial Office of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Ibrahim Farinloye confirmed to NAN that the helicopter belonged to Quorum Aviation Ltd.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tragedy As Helicopter Crashes Into Lagos Building &#8230; Escaped Residents Narrate Ordeal From Our Reporter It was a tragic moment for residents of Salvation Road in Opebi area of Ikeja, Lagos where an helicopter crashed into a building. 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