NAYPYIDAW – The military council announced that a training helicopter of the Military Council Air Force crashed on the morning of June 15 in Lewe Township, Nay Pyi Taw; the pilot and trainee were killed.
The military council said that the training helicopter carrying the helicopter pilot and trainees was on a training flight from Nay Pyi Taw to Meiktila, it crashed about 5 miles southwest of Le Dar Gyi village in Lewe Township, Nay Pyi Daw.
The military council reported that both the helicopter pilot and the trainee were killed in the helicopter crash, and the dead bodies will be sent to the military hospital for examination.
Last year, at the beginning of 2022, a fighter plane of the military council crashed in Yey Myet Kyi Inn, Sagaing Township, and the pilot died.