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Access Holdings Plc’s Group CEO, Herbert Wigwe, his wife, son, and Nigerian Exchange Group Plc’s Chairman, Abimbola Ogunbanjo, were involved in a tragic helicopter crash near the Nevada border in California.
The incident, which occurred on Friday, resulted in the loss of all six passengers on board, with no survivors found.
United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in a statement confirmed all onboard are dead.
FAA said no survivors had been found as of Saturday.
“We were made aware of a downed aircraft at approximately 10:12 p.m., on February 10, 2024. The scene of the crash was determined to be east of the 15-Freeway, near Halloran Springs Road,” the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said in a statement.
The FAA identified the helicopter as a Eurocopter EC 130.
The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating the cause of the crash at the time of filing this report.
The Nigerian business community mourns the devastating loss of these influential figures in the tragic accident.
