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Myanmar military training jet crashes, pilot killed

A pilot was killed in a crash involving a Myanmar military training jet in Taungoo in Bago region on Tuesday, officials…

SNS | New Delhi | April 3, 2018 8:47 pm

Myanmar military training jet crashes, pilot killed

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A pilot was killed in a crash involving a Myanmar military training jet in Taungoo in Bago region on Tuesday, officials said.

The jet, an F-7, crashed due to a technical glitch while on a training sortie near Kyunkone village, 4.82 kilometres west of the Air Force base, officials added.

The pilot died due to serious injuries although he made an emergency parachute jump.

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