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BAF ends rescue operation of aircraft K-8W
DHAKA, July 7, 2018 (BSS) – Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) ended the rescue operation of aircraft K-8W on Friday.
A ‘Search and Rescue’ team started the rescue operation right after the accident. Later, Bangladesh Army and fire service and civil defense members joined them.
They recovered a ‘Flight Data Recorder’, said an Inter Service Public Relations Directorate (ISPR) press release here today.
Earlier on July 1, a BAF training aircraft crashed at Book Bhora Baor (water body) near Jessore Airport.
Squadron Leader Md Serajul Islam and Squadron Leader Enayet Kabir Polash were killed when their aircraft crashed.
The aircraft took off from BAF Base BS Matiur Rahman was on a night training mission, the ISPR said.
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