{"id":309488,"date":"2021-10-15T15:11:12","date_gmt":"2021-10-15T13:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=309488"},"modified":"2021-10-15T15:11:15","modified_gmt":"2021-10-15T13:11:15","slug":"military-aircraft-crashes-at-ondangwa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=309488","title":{"rendered":"Military aircraft crashes at Ondangwa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Staff Reporter<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>BOTH the Namibian Defence Force (NDF) and the Namibian Police have confirmed that a military aircraft has just crashed at the Andimba Toivo Ya Toivo Airport at Ondangwa.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The spokespersons of the uniformed services, Inspector Thomas Aiyambo of NamPol and Major Tangeni Shikomba of the NDF, could, however, neither provide details of casualties, if any, nor the cause of the accident.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The taking of pictures was strictly prohibited and the scene of accident was totally out of bounds for journalists.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"732\" src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Military-aircraft-crashes-at-Ondangwa-1024x732.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-309490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Military-aircraft-crashes-at-Ondangwa-1024x732.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Military-aircraft-crashes-at-Ondangwa-300x214.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Military-aircraft-crashes-at-Ondangwa-768x549.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Military-aircraft-crashes-at-Ondangwa-420x300.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Military-aircraft-crashes-at-Ondangwa.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Looking at the wreckage from a distance, however, it appears to be a military jet that possibly overshot the runway.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>NamPol&#8217;s Inspector Aiyambo said that only the NDF is allowed to release information about the accident.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The NDF&#8217;s Maj. 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