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DEVELOPING · 5 OCT → 18 OCT 2026 · 14 EDITIONS · 60 OUTLETS

All 25 aboard Nigerian military aircraft killed in Ondo State crash

How this story moved: how many newsrooms carried it at each run, when each one picked it up, how our summary's headline changed, and which figures and names held from the first reports to the latest. Everything here is counted from the coverage; none of it is a judgement of anyone's motives.

OUTLETS CARRYING THE STORY, RUN BY RUN

0 30 60 6 Oct 7 Oct 8 Oct 9 Oct 10 Oct 11 Oct 12 Oct 13 Oct 14 Oct 15 Oct 16 Oct 17 Oct 18 Oct 5 Oct 18:14 UTC · All 32 aboard Nigerian military aircraft killed in Ondo state crash 6 Oct 00:08 UTC · Nigerian military aircraft crashes in Ondo state, killing all 32 aboard 6 Oct 06:28 UTC · Nigerian military aircraft crashes in Ondo state, killing 32 6 Oct 12:09 UTC · All 25 aboard Nigerian military aircraft killed in Ondo crash 6 Oct 18:08 UTC · Nigeria confirms 25 dead in military aircraft crash 8 Oct 18:21 UTC · All 25 aboard Nigerian military aircraft killed in Ondo State crash

HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 6 HEADLINES

  1. 5 Oct, 18:14 UTC

    All 32 aboard Nigerian military aircraft killed in Ondo state crash

  2. 6 Oct, 00:08 UTC

    Nigerian military aircraft crashes in Ondo state, killing all 32 aboard

  3. 6 Oct, 06:28 UTC

    Nigerian military aircraft crashes in Ondo state, killing 32

  4. 6 Oct, 12:09 UTC

    All 25 aboard Nigerian military aircraft killed in Ondo crash

  5. 6 Oct, 18:08 UTC

    Nigeria confirms 25 dead in military aircraft crash

  6. 8 Oct, 18:21 UTC

    All 25 aboard Nigerian military aircraft killed in Ondo State crash

WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER

From the first reports to the latest

  • Bola Tinubu · 4 outlets
  • Air Staff · 3 outlets
  • 25 persons board · 2 outlets

Entered the story later

  • Nothing new took hold after the first third.

Figures reported with different numbers

  • people board: 32 (7 from 5 Oct 14:05) → 25 (1 from 6 Oct 09:18)
  • killed military: 32 (3 from 6 Oct 07:30) → 25 (1 from 7 Oct 08:15)

Matched by pattern, not read: a different number can be a correction, a rising count, or two different counts.