UPCLOSE: Details of ill-fated helicopter boarded by Wigwe, wife, others

Eurocopter EC 130, the ill-fated helicopter that Herbert Wigwe, the CEO of Access Bank, and five others boarded on Friday in the United States took off from Palm Springs Airport, California.

Checks by PREMIUM TIMES showed that the flight took off at about 8:45 p.m. (local time).

According to a local news outlet, it was expected to land at 9: 49 p.m (local time) at Boulder City, Nevada.