Three confirmed died in Indonesian air force jet crash

  10 February 2016    Read: 990
Three confirmed died in Indonesian air force jet crash
Three people were confirmed dead when an Indonesian air force jet crashed from mid-air into a housing area in East Java`s Malang on Wednesday morning.
The pilot, Major Ifi Safatilah, and a flight engineer, Saiful, died instantly as they reportedly ejected themselves out of the Super Tucano aircraft which crashed into a house at around 10 a.m., said Major Hamdi Londong, spokesman for the Abdul Rahman Saleh air force base.

A woman, who has been identified as Erna Wahyuningtyas and was in the house when the Brazilian-made jet crashed, didn`t survive the injuries despite being taken to a hospital in Malang city, a local media also reported.

The deadly incident occurred during a flight test following routine maintenance on the aircraft. It crashed when it was coming down close to the base in Malang city.

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