The CEO of one of Nigeria’s largest banks was killed on Friday when a helicopter he was using in crashed in the Mojave Desert in Southern California.
Herbert Wigwe, CEO of Access Bank, was amongst six individuals on board when the helicopter crashed shortly after 10 p.m. His demise was confirmed by Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, director normal of the World Trade Organization and previously Nigeria’s finance minister, in a put up on X, previously often known as Twitter.
The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department mentioned the helicopter crashed east of Interstate 15 close to Halloran Springs Road, which is close to the California-Nevada border and about an 80-mile drive from Las Vegas.
The Federal Aviation Administration confirmed the helicopter — a Eurocopter EC 120 — had six individuals aboard. The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board will examine. The NTSB mentioned investigators would arrive on Saturday and start gathering info.
The sheriff’s division mentioned they’d not discovered any survivors, however declined to elaborate.
Halloran Springs Road crosses over Interstate 15 in an space recognized to vacationers for an deserted fuel station with an indication declaring “Lo Gas” and “Eat.” It’s positioned in a distant space of the Mojave Desert, with an elevation of almost 3,000 toes (914.40 meters). Logs from the California Highway Patrol present there was rain and snow in the realm at concerning the time of the crash.
The crash comes simply three days after a U.S. Marine Corps helicopter crashed in the mountains exterior San Diego on Tuesday throughout historic downpours. Five Marines had been killed.
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Richmond reported from Madison, Wisconsin. Beam reported from Sacramento, California.
