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Pilot dies as Bangladesh Air Force training plane crashes in Tangail
Senior Correspondent, bdnews24.com
Published: 2018-11-23 16:55:45.0 BdST Updated: 2018-11-23 17:29:43.0 BdST
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A pilot has died after a training aircraft of Bangladesh Air Force crashed in Tangail’s Madhupur, the Inter-Services Public Relations Directorate said in a statement.
The pilot has been identified as Wing Commander Arif Ahmed Dipu.
The F7 training aircraft crashed at the Telki Firing Zone at Rasulpur in the district around 3pm on Friday, according to the ISPR.
The ISPR could not immediately confirm the cause of the accident.
Pilot killed as BAF training aircraft crashes in Tangail
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Tangail, Nov 23 (UNB) - A training aircraft of Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) crashed at Rasulpur in Madhupur upazila on Friday afternoon, killing its lone pilot.
Rezaul Karim, assistant director of Inter Services Public Relation Directorate (ISPR), said the F-7 aircraft crashed around 3pm during an air exercise.
The accident left Pilot Wing Commander Arif Ahmed Dipu dead on the spot, he said, adding that an operation was launched to recover the debris of the plane.
Wishing anonymity, an officer of Orunkhola police outpost said the plane burst into flames after it crashed into a Gozari forest inside Telki Firing Range.
It was not clear what caused the training aircraft to crash.