BAF training plane crash-lands at Jessore

A BAF training plane makes crash-landing into a paddy field in Jessore Sadar upazila on Thursday morning due to technical fault.
A BAF training plane makes crash-landing into a paddy field in Jessore Sadar upazila on Thursday morning due to technical fault.
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A training plane of Bangladesh Air Force crash-landed into a paddy field due to technical glitch in Sadar upazila of Jessore on Thursday morning.Two pilots of the PT-6 plane – Pilot Officer Jamil and Squadron Leader Faruk received minor injuries.The aircraft made the emergency landing around 11:22 am during a regular training flight, said a press release of Inter-Service Public Relations (ISPR). They were whisked off to Jessore Air Force base by a helicopter soon after the crash-landing at Mahidia around 11:30am, air force sources said.The plane hit the paddy field just an hour after it took off from Jessore Airport, the sources added.Emdadul Haque Sheikh officer-in-charge of Jessore Kotwali Police Station said that one of wings of the aircraft has been slightly damaged.

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