An aircraft belonging to the Nigerian Air Force has crashed in Yola, the capital of Adamawa state, in North-East Nigeria.

In a statement late on Saturday night, the spokesperson for the Nigerian Air Force, Dele Alonge, has said an aircraft belonging to the Air Force crashed at about 4:23pm in Yola due to bad weather.

Reports say that all those on the plane died in the accident, though the identities of those on board were notyet disclosed.

The spokesperson, an Air Commodore, said the F7-Ni fighter jet, with registration number, NAF801, was 'returning to base from an interdicted mission when it crashed  around Hong, in Hong Local Government Area of Adamawa State'.

"There was no survival as the pilot of the aircraft lost his life in the unfortunate incident."

The statement added that the Chief of Air Staff,  Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, had  immediately 'set up an investigation panel to unravel the remote and immediate causes of the accident'.

The latest accident came exactly 42 days after another aircraft belonging to the Force crashed in Kaduna, also killing all crew and passengers on board.