Air force pilot killed in Chiang Mai jet crash

published : 12 Jul 2019 at 00:43

ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Wassana Nanuam

CHIANG MAI: An Aero L-39 jet trainer aircraft crashed in the northern province on Thursday.

One of the pilots was killed and the other was safe after ejecting from the plane.

The incident was reported in tambon Tha Wang Tan of Sarapi district at about 4.15pm on Thursday.

Air force spokesman AM Pongsak Semachai said the plane from Wing 411 broke down and forced both pilots to make emergency ejection.

The dead pilot was the trainer, Sqn Ldr Naruepol Lueadkusol. The surviving pilot was Wg Cdr Thanawat Khunkhunthod, who was slightly injured.

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broke down: in the past, when something breaks and stops working -
eject: (of a pilot) to escape from an aircraft that is going to crash, sometimes using an ejector seat - ดีดตัวออกจากเครื่องบิน (ขณะฉกเฉิน)
injured (adj): hurt in an accident, natural disaster, attack, etc. - ได้รับบาดเจ็บ
slightly: small in size or amount - เล็กน้อย
surviving (adj): continuing to live - มีชีวิตรอด
trainer: a person who teaches people or animals to perform a particular job or skill well, or to do a particular sport - ครูฝึก, ผู้ฝึก

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