Pilot dies in fighter jet crash in north-east Thailand

[Mohd Idham 0]

Bangkok - A US-made F5E fighter jet crashed on a training flight Wednesday in north-east Thailand, killing the pilot, air force officials said.

 

Flying Officer Chatchawan Rassamee, the sole pilot of the jet, died in the crash which occurred at 11:55 am (0455 GMT) in Khutkhaopun district of Ubon Rachathani province, about 480 kilometres north-east of Bangkok.

 

'He was on a training flight,' Royal Thai Air Force spokesman Group Captain Pongsak Saemakcahi said. 'We are investigating the cause of the crash.'

 

Production of F5E fighters, a regular item in the United States Air Force in the 1970s and 1980s, ended in 1987. It was not immediately known how old the crashed F5E was.

 

p/s: two crash in a day, refering one in Jamaica

[Norman 1]

p/s: two crash in a day, refering one in Jamaica

Three.... In Scotland

--thanks Naim for the link..

[Azreen 0]

2 of them were fitted with the ex RMAF's engines...hahahhaa

[Pieter C. 5]

Norman,

 

EI-DHD at PIK was not a crash but rather an incident; aircraft slided off the runway due slippery conditions - no injuries to the passengers and aircraft safe...

[Fitri Shukri 0]

2 of them were fitted with the ex RMAF's engines...hahahhaa

 

Look on the bright side... at least there will be no more F5E crash in Malaysia

[Desmond C 0]

Another one here, no fatality thou

 

 

Fireworks set off aboard airliner

 

(CNN) -- A passenger on a Northwest Airlines flight from Amsterdam, Netherlands, to Detroit, Michigan, caused a brief disturbance Friday at the end of the trip by igniting firecrackers, a Delta Air Lines spokeswoman said.

The passenger was immediately subdued, according to Susan Elliott, spokeswoman for Delta, Northwest's parent company. The incident resulted in some minor injuries, Elliott said.

One passenger from the flight was taken to the University of Michigan Medical Center in Ann Arbor, hospital spokeswoman Tracy Justice said.

The FBI is investigating, bureau spokeswoman Sandra Berchtold said.

The Northwest plane, an Airbus 330, landed around noon ET. It was carrying 278 passengers.

The Transportation Security Administration had no immediate comment.

 

Sossss - http://www.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/12/25/airliner.firecrackers/index.html

Edited December 25, 2009 by Desmond C