1st LD Writethru: Pilot killed in Polish military aircraft crash


By Cui Li
  • World
  • Saturday, 13 Jul 2024

WARSAW, July 12 (Xinhua) -- A pilot was killed on Friday as a Polish military aircraft crashed in an airshow rehearsal in Gdynia, northern Poland, the Polish Press Agency reported.

The crashed plane, M-346 Master, known as Bielik in the Polish military, is an Italian, two-seat, twin-engine aircraft designed for advanced flight training.

On board the plane was one of the two most experienced pilots of this kind of plane in Poland, according to reports.

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