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Nigeria promotes a new SAR service

Lagos, Nigeria - Some Mil Mi-8 and Mi-26 helicopters to strengthen the national search and rescue system in case of natural disasters, accidents and conflicts

The latest serious air disaster that involved a 737 in Nigeria killing more than 100 persons would have deeply affected the African country’s Government (see for details AVIONEWS), to an extent that authorities are carefully assessing the possibility of strengthening and improving the Search and Rescue service by using aircraft belonging to private companies with personnel properly certified by ICAO (...

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Rome, Italy, 11/07/2005 16:48
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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