Nigerian military plane crashes, six hurt

WARRI, Nigeria (Reuters) -- A Nigerian air force training aircraft crashed into thick bush near the Niger Delta on Thursday, seriously injuring its six occupants, witnesses said.

The Dornier-8 aircraft with five officers and one rating on board was on a training flight when it crashed at Jedo village, some 300 meters from the southern Warri oil refinery.

"We saw the plane coming down, and all of a sudden there was a loud noise. We went near and saw the airforce men trapped inside the plane," one villager said.

The men were taken to a Shell clinic in Warri. The crash took place some five km (three miles) from Shell's Osubi airstrip.

Security agents cordoned off the accident scene.

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