SLAF aircraft crash: Body of trainee pilot brought to Trinco hospital

December 15, 2020 05:30 pm

The body of the Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) trainee pilot who flew the PT-6 trainer craft which crashed landed in Kantale, has been brought to the Trincomalee Hospital.

Deceased trainee pilot was identified as a 23-year-old Officer Cadet named K.R.S. Amarakoon. He had joined the SLAF in January last year.

The SLAF trainer aircraft PT-6, which took off from China Bay, Trincomalee, lost communications with the control tower and crash landed earlier today, with one trainee pilot on board.

Police said the incident took place on a road near Janaranjana Wewa in Kantale.

The SLAF also confirmed that the control tower had lost contact with the training aircraft after it had gone missing from the radar screen.

PT-6 aircraft is utilized at the Flying Training Wing at the SLAF Academy, China Bay for the ab initio training of newly enlisted pilots.

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