An Indonesian KAI T-50 trainer jet has crashed while taking part in a aerobatic show at the Adi Sucipto Airport in Yogyakarta, Java kill...
An Indonesian KAI T-50 trainer jet has crashed while taking part in a aerobatic show at the Adi Sucipto Airport in Yogyakarta, Java killing its two pilots.
The trainer was carrying out solo aerial display as a part of 70th anniversary of the Air Force Flight School in Yogyakarta, when its lost control and crashed into a building, before hitting ground, bursting into flames.
It has been confirmed that both pilots have not ejected from the jet. One of the pilot was the commander of Squadron 15, based at the Iswahyudi Air Base in Madiun, East Java.
Footage of the event shows the aircraft stalling while performing a barrel roll maneuver. The low altitude could have made recovery from the stall, impossible.
The trainer built by South Korean Korean Aerospace Industries (KAI), was inducted into Indonesian fleet in 2013 to enhance fighter pilot training. This is the first crash involving the type, which entered service with South Korean Air Force in 2005.
Jointly developed with Lockheed Martin, the T-50 has won export orders from Philippines, Iraq and Thailand.
