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An Israel Air Force pilot and a cadet were killed on Tuesday after their light, single-engine training aircraft crashed in a field north of Beersheba, the military confirmed.
The dead were identified as flight instructor, Itay Zaiden, 42, from Kibbutz Shoval, a major in reserves who flew F-16s, and corporal Lihu Ben-Bassa, 19, from Rishon Lezion, who was four months into the IAF’s training program.
The two had taken off from the IAF flight school at Hatzerim Airbase in their two-seat Grob G-120 ‘Snunit’ (‘Swallow’) aircraft.
An IAF helicopter from the 669 Search and Rescue Unit and Magen David Adom paramedics arrived at the scene of the crash, near the Kibbutz Mishmar Hanegev shortly after the accident and found two men unresponsive. They were later pronounced dead at the scene.
Lufthansa G-120
Crash site
https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/helicopter-crashes-north-of-beersheba-report-650091
The dead were identified as flight instructor, Itay Zaiden, 42, from Kibbutz Shoval, a major in reserves who flew F-16s, and corporal Lihu Ben-Bassa, 19, from Rishon Lezion, who was four months into the IAF’s training program.
The two had taken off from the IAF flight school at Hatzerim Airbase in their two-seat Grob G-120 ‘Snunit’ (‘Swallow’) aircraft.
An IAF helicopter from the 669 Search and Rescue Unit and Magen David Adom paramedics arrived at the scene of the crash, near the Kibbutz Mishmar Hanegev shortly after the accident and found two men unresponsive. They were later pronounced dead at the scene.
Lufthansa G-120
Crash site
https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/helicopter-crashes-north-of-beersheba-report-650091
