PILOT KILLED AS BAF PLANE CRASHES IN TANGAIL

A pilot of Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) was killed after a training aircraft crashed in Madhupur of Tangail this afternoon.

The identity of the deceased was confirmed by Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) as Arif Ahmed Dipu, a wing commander of BAF.

He was flying an F7 BG fighter air craft, Muhammad Reza-Ul Karim Shammee, assistant director of ISPR, told.

He was the only person aboard during the training session when the plane crashed around 2:50 pm, the ISPR official said.

The deceased was commissioned in 1997. He had one son and daughter.

The aircraft crashed into a forest inside Telki Firing Range in Rasulpur during an air exercise and burst into flames, leaving the pilot dead on the spot, UNB reports.