RMAF: Crew of missing Hawk 108 killed in crash

The bodies of Mejar Yazmi Mohamed Yusof, 39, (left) and Mejar Hasri Zahari, 31, were found at 2.30pm Thursday.

KUANTAN: Two Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) personnel were killed when their Hawk 108 fighter jet crashed 51km from the RMAF's air base in Kuantan.

The bodies of Mejar Yazmi Mohamed Yusof, 39, and Mejar Hasri Zahari, 31, were found at 2.30pm.

However, the fighter jet has yet to be found. 

The Hawk 108 training fighter jet took off from the Kuantan air force base at 11am and lost contact half an hour later at 11.30am on Thursday.

The Hawk 108 is an export version of the Hawk 100, a two-seat advanced weapons trainer with additional avionics, optional forward-looking infrared, a redesigned wing and hands-on throttle-and-stick.

The aircraft is fitted with a BAE Sky Guardian Radar warning receiver and wingtip air-to-air missile rails.

The Hawk 108 is a two-seater version of the Hawk 208 fighter jet, which was used in air strike missions in Lahad Datu during Ops Daulat in 2013.