Sri Lanka : SLAF trainer aircraft crashes in Kantale killing the pilot

Tue, Dec 15, 2020, 08:05 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.
Dec 15, Colombo: The Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) has announced that a PT6 trainer aircraft belonging to the No. 1 Flying Training Wing at SLAF Academy China Bay has crashed into a canal near the Janaranjana Wewa in Sooriyapura, Kantale.
The pilot who was trapped inside the craft has died, the police said.
The crash site is approximately 14 nautical miles away from SLAF Academy China Bay and the pilot of the aircraft was a trainee Officer Cadet who was on a solo training mission.
“The aircraft which took off from the China Bay airfield at around 1305 Hrs today had lost radio communication with the air traffic control tower at China Bay at approximately 1315 Hrs before being reported to have crashed,” SLAF said.

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