A Chinese language-built coaching plane of the Sri Lanka Air Pressure crashed on Monday shortly after take-off, killing the pilot and an officer, the air drive spokesman stated.
A PT-6 plane used for coaching pilots crashed shortly after takeoff from the Air Pressure station in Trincomalee, Air Marshal Udeni Rajapaksa, the Commander of the Sri Lanka Air Pressure, stated, the Each day Mirror web site reported.
“The plane, which was taken for an air take a look at on the Sri Lanka Air Pressure Station China Bay, took off at 11.25am and crashed at 11.27am,” Director of the Air Pressure Media Group Captain Dushan Wijesinghe stated.
Confirming the deaths of a pilot and an engineer onboard the plane, he added that an investigation into the crash has been launched by the Sri Lanka Air Pressure, the Information First portal reported. Tamil-dominated Trincomalee is a port metropolis on the northeast coast of Sri Lanka.
