Nigerian bank CEO, family among 6 killed in California helicopter crash
The Eurocopter EC130 helicopter crashed Friday night near Halloran Springs, California, about 80 miles south of Las Vegas.
The CEO of one of Nigeria’s largest banks was among the six people killed when the helicopter they were on crashed Friday night in California, a World Trade Organization official said.
The chartered helicopter departed Palm Springs at 8:45 p.m. en route to Boulder City, Nevada, but “impacted the ground” near Halloran Springs, California, at 10:08 p.m., National Transportation Safety Board member Michael Graham said at a news conference Saturday night.
All six people on board — the pilot-in-command, a safety pilot and four passengers — were killed, Graham said.
Authorities have not publicly identified the victims.
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the director general of the World Trade Organization, said in a post on X that Herbert Wigwe, the group.
Source: NBC News
