A military aircraft crashed Monday in southern Nigeria with 25 passengers and 7 crew members on board, triggering a frantic search and rescue operation, authorities said.

Rescue teams are searching the crash site after the military aircraft went down in southern Nigeria. The fate of those onboard remains unclear.

Rescue teams searched the crash site after the military aircraft went down in southern Nigeria. All 32 people on the plane are confirmed to have died.

A military aircraft has crashed in Nigeria's southern Ondo state, according to authorities.