Air Force fighter jet loses contact with base


  • Nation
  • Thursday, 15 Jun 2017

A file picture of a BAE Hawk aircraft. - 2017 BAE Systems

PETALING JAYA: The Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) says that it has lost contact with one of its aircraft, a Hawk 108 training fighter jet, north of Kuantan near the Terengganu-Pahang border.

In a brief statement, it said that the plane had taken off from the Kuantan air force base at 11am and lost contact half an hour later at 11.30am Thursday.

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