{"id":15932,"date":"2024-02-12T13:50:08","date_gmt":"2024-02-12T12:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/?p=15932"},"modified":"2024-02-12T13:50:08","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T12:50:08","slug":"bad-weather-likely-a-factor-in-crash-that-killed-nigerias-access-bank-ceo-wigwe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/bad-weather-likely-a-factor-in-crash-that-killed-nigerias-access-bank-ceo-wigwe\/","title":{"rendered":"Bad weather likely a factor in crash that killed Nigeria’s Access Bank CEO Wigwe"},"content":{"rendered":"

Officials investigating a helicopter crash in the California desert that killed Nigerian banker Herbert Wigwe said conditions at the time of the accident late Friday night \u201csuggest rain and a wintry mix.\u201d<\/p>\n

Access Bank, Nigeria\u2019s biggest lender by assets, confirmed the death of its co-founder and chief executive in a statement released on Sunday.<\/p>\n

\u201cWitness reports of the weather conditions at the time of the accident suggest rain and a wintry mix,\u201d said Michael Graham, board member of the National Transportation Safety Board, which is conducting an investigation.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe helicopter was not equipped with a cockpit voice recorder or a flight data recorder,\u201d he said at a media briefing Saturday in Barstow, California, adding that the type of aircraft wasn\u2019t required to have those types of recording devices aboard.<\/p>\n

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