An air force trainee pilot survived death when a fighter jet he was learning to fly crash landed in a home in Patek Village, Bobi Sub County, in Gulu District. The unnamed pilot parachuted out of the L-39 fighter plane which then crashed on a pit latrine before it caught fire. No one on the ground was injured but the pilot was taken to hospital for medical examination. The Air force Spokesman, Captain Kiconco Tabaro said a technical team has been dispatched to the crash scene to investigate the incident. Just in May, a UPDF helicopter from South Sudan crash-landed at Abalo-kodi at Atiak sub-county in Amuru district injuring a UPDF Captain on board.
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