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Sad! Nigerian National Among Dead Victims Of Ukrainian Plane Shot Down By Iran
Dauda Onoruoiza has been identified and confirmed as one of the 176 dead victims of the Ukrainian plane.
The Kogi-born Nigerian works with American airplane manufacturers, Boeing before the incident occurred. He was reportedly on a three months training with his company in Ukraine.
He worked with Boeing 737-800 aircraft to understudy its mechanical noise and report back to the company ahead of its maintenance which was to take place on Monday 13th January
Recall Kyiv bound plane had 167 passengers and crew members from several nations. Also, it has 82 Iranians, about 63 Canadians, and 11 Ukrainians.
The crash took place after Iran fired missiles at Iraqi military bases housing US troops in retaliation for a drone attack at Baghdad airport that killed Qassem Soleimani.
So, Iran took responsibility for shooting down the plane unintentionally on Saturday 11th January. Iran had initially refused to turn in its black box.