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| Royal Thai Air Force Alpha Jet at Children's Day 2007 (Image: Wiki Commons) |
WRITER: WASSANA NANUAM
LOEI - An air force instructor was seriously injured after he ejected from a two-seat Alpha Jet at low altitude on Wednesday morning during a training flight out of Wing 23 in Udon Thani province.
The trainee pilot later landed the aircraft safely. The incident is being investigated.
The instructor, identified as Sqn Ldr Sukhothai Srisomsai, was ejected from the aircraft above Ban Charoensuk village in tambon Na Din Dam of Loei's Muang district about 11.15am.
The aircraft was at low altitude and the seat's parachute had not opened when he hit the ground, Royal Thai Air Force spokesman AVM Pongsak Semachai said.
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