RMAF to set up technical panel to review Hawk crash, says Deputy Defence Minister


The Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) Hawk 108 jet fighter crash landing at at the runway of the Butterworth airbase at about 10.07pm on Tuesday night (Nov 16). - LIM BENG TATT/The Star ( Nov 17, 2021 ) — LIM BENG TATT /The Star

PETALING JAYA: The Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) will set up a technical panel to review the Hawk 108 crash at Butterworth on Tuesday (Nov 16) night, says Datuk Seri Ikmal Hisham Abdul Aziz.

This comes after RMAF deputy chief Lt Gen Datuk Mohd Asghar Khan Goriman Khan said that a comprehensive investigation will be conducted into the crash that killed a pilot and injured another.

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