The air crew survived as a Saudi fighter plane crashed during a training mission in the Eastern Province on Monday, APA reports citing Saudi Gazette.
Brig. Gen. Turki Al-Maliki, spokesman of the Ministry of Defense, stated that the Tornado aircraft, one of the fighter planes of the Royal Saudi Air Force, crashed at 3:44 pm on Monday during a routine training mission in the training area of King Abdulaziz Air Base in Dhahran.
“The air crew had survived - praise be to God - after using chair parachutes, and that there were no injuries or losses on the ground as a result of the plane crash,” the spokesman said, adding that a committee has been constituted and it has begun investigation into the cause of the incident, the Saudi Press Agency reported.
Crew survive as Tornado fighter jet crashes during training mission in Saudi Arabia
28 August 2023 20:19 (UTC +04:00)
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