It has emerged that a Nigerian, Dauda Onoruoiza, was among 176 passengers and crew that were killed last week Wednesday when a missile from the Iranian forces hit Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752 departing for Kiev.
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The Kogi-born Onoruoiza until his death worked with US plane maker, Boeing.
He was said to be on a three months training by Boeing in Ukraine and was attached with the Boeing 737-800 to fly with and study the mechanical noise and report back to the company because the said plane was scheduled for maintenance on Monday, January 13 in Ukraine.
Iran had admitted that it mistakenly shot down a Ukrainian passenger jet that blaming human error and “US adventurism” for the crash that left 176 people dead.
In a statement, the nation’s armed forces said it targeted the passenger plane unintentionally.
