 Following the ill-fated military plane crash, which killed the Chief of Army staff, Lieutenant-General Ibrahim Atahou and others, reactions have been trailing the incidents of crashes in recent times. Plus, TV Africa's Jacinta Obuco chronicles some of the incidents, with a view to forestalling future occurrences. In 2021 alone, Nigeria has experienced three plane crashes associated with the military. One was on February 27, when seven Air Force officers died, when a military jet reported engine failure and crashed near the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja. On March 31, another military jet involved in the anti-terror war against Boko Haram in the country's northeastern state of Burunu reportedly lost contact with the radar. The recent one claimed 11 crew on board on Friday, May 21. These sad events have raised questions on the possible gaps that could have caused the plane crashes. We have a lot of young pilots. They're in well-trained and they have applied the skills to operate the aircraft, preferably on the normal condition. But when it comes to operating aircraft on the abnormal condition, bad weather, problems with the engine or whatever, it takes a little more skill, experience, learning from either your mistakes or mistakes of your superiors to know how to handle those situations. So it depends on the type of weather conditions they're in next year. Maybe in a moment you're searching for a place to go back to Abuja or they have 12, that's why they're so burnt, so maybe you'll go to Kano and then we'll come back in an hour. And really knowledge of Nigeria and the kind of weather conditions you have all over the place, you hardly have a bad weather condition that lasts for more than an hour. Because this is a crash too many. If the whole world is looking at the military, that is impossible that the military is not able to operate, the air force is not able to operate, they do their operations in line with how they should be done. Opinions from some quarters are that the crashes were sabotaged, even as the recent crash was reportedly due to inclement weather. A spokesperson for the Accident and Investigations Bureau says it's mere speculation that should be ignored, since investigations are still ongoing. Whenever there's an accident, yes, there are speculations, people will say this, people will say that. So we have just started, we have just commenced the investigation. We are still gathering facts and evidences there and there to be able to do thorough analysis and then come up with a process of that event. Inclement weather, inclement weather is a mere speculation for now. As far as the investigation is concerned, it's just speculation. Observers say the sequence of occurrence raises a red flag to warrant new precautionary measures to avert more disasters, especially as the rainy season sets in. Jacinta Obuque for PLOS TV, Africa. Hello, hope you enjoyed the news. Please do subscribe to our YouTube channel and don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.