RMAF confirms training aircraft made emergency landing at Kedah airport
The Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) confirmed that a Pilatus PC-7 MkII training aircraft made an emergency landing at Sultan Abdul Halim Airport here at 11.26am today.
Its public relations division said an investigation board would be set up to identify the cause of the incident.
“The aircraft was flown by a trainee from the Flight Institute 1 (Inspen 1), of the Royal Airforce College who was undergoing solo flight training. The trainee was unhurt,” the division said in a statement today, adding that all training flights would continue as normal.
Malaysia Airports Holdings had posted earlier on social media that the airport was temporarily closed due to the emergency landing and to allow the moving of the aircraft and cleaning up of the runway.
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