Saudi MoD: A Fighter Jet Crashes During A Training Mission, Killing Its Crew

The Saudi Ministry of Defense announced the crash of a fighter jet in “Khamis Mushait” governorate, killing its crew.

The Saudi Press Agency quoted Brigadier General Turki Al-Maliki, the official spokesman for the Ministry of Defense, as saying that “one of the Royal Saudi Air Force fighter jets of the type” F-15SA” fell this evening during a training mission in the training area of the King Khalid Air Base in Khamis Mushayt.”

The spokesman stated that the accident resulted in the death of the two crew members of the fighter jet, indicating that an investigation committee has begun its tasks to find out the details of the causes of the accident./ End

Source: National Iraqi News Agency