Tag: ACCIDENT
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Belarusian government reveals reason behind pilot deaths in jet trainer crash
Belarusian government explained that two pilots died while trying to direct a damaged Yakovlev Yak-130 jet trainer away from inhabited areas. The crash happened on May 19, 2021, near the city of Baranovichi, in Belarus. Initially, it was announced that both pilots ejected, but later the information got disproved. According to Belarusian media, a recording…
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Retired SAAF and Indian Air Force pilots die
Major General Des Barker and former Indian Air Force fighter pilot Rama Iyer, died when the Patchen Explorer they were flying crashed on approach to runway 02 for the General Flying day at the SAAF Museum in Valhalla, Pretoria, on Wednesday 17 March. An eyewitness is reported to have noted that the engine of the…
