RMAF officer killed, another injured in jet crash at Butterworth air base

By ALEX TENG & LO TERN CHERN

BUTTERWORTH: A Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) officer was killed and another was injured when their aircraft crashed during a training exercise at its base at Teluk Ayer Tawar near here.

The officer who was killed in the Tuesday (Nov 16) night crash of a Hawk 108 jet fighter has been identified as Kapt Mohamad Affendi Bustamy.

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