Daily images of Lieutenant Colonel pilot Tran Quang Khai
(Baonghean.vn) - Three days after the SU30 plane crash, on the evening of June 17, Nghe An fishermen found the body of Lieutenant Colonel pilot Tran Quang Khai. In recent days, friends, colleagues and people across the country have been waiting for news of him and then sadly bid him farewell - an elite pilot of the Air Defense - Air Force.
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| Lieutenant Colonel Tran Quang Khai was born on October 20, 1973, in Tan Van 2 village, Tan Dinh commune, Lang Giang district, Bac Giang province. |
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| He is the Deputy Regiment Commander and Chief of Staff of Regiment 923, Division 371. Khai's family has 11 children, Khai is the 10th child and also the only one in the family to follow a military career. |
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| Lieutenant Colonel Tran Quang Khai is an experienced pilot, capable of handling complex situations.. |
Clip of pilot Tran Quang Khai training to fly with Su-30MK2 in 2013:
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| First Class Pilot - Lieutenant Colonel Tran Quang Khai has flown Su-30MK2 fighter jets to Truong Sa many times. In 2013, pilot Tran Quang Khai (front row, 3rd from left) personally boarded a Navy ship to visit Truong Sa archipelago and DK1 platform. |
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| Pilot Tran Quang Khai (in black shirt, far left) is a gentle, cheerful person, loved by his colleagues. |
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| Previously, at 7:29 a.m. on June 14, Su-30KM2 aircraft with registration number 8585 of Regiment 923, Division 371 (under the Air Defense - Air Force) on a training flight departing from Sao Vang airport, Tho Xuan district, Thanh Hoa lost contact while performing flight 705+5 (intercepting targets at sea, complex aerobatics at sea). |
On the morning of June 14, Su-30MK2 aircraft numbered 8585 took off from Sao Vang airport (Tho Xuan district, Thanh Hoa) to carry out a training mission. A few minutes later, at 7:29, the signal from the fighter jet disappeared over the waters of Nghe An, near Mat island. The two pilots on the missing Su-30MK2 were both experienced, including Senior Lieutenant Colonel Tran Quang Khai (43 years old, Deputy Regiment Commander, Chief of Staff of Regiment 923) and Major Nguyen Huu Cuong (39 years old), Deputy Squadron Commander of Squadron 1, Regiment 923. On June 15, pilot, Major Nguyen Huu Cuong was rescued by a fishing boat in Ha Tinh and was approached by a ship of the authorities, bringing pilot Cuong to shore. At noon on June 16, CASA 212 aircraft with registration number 8983 suddenly lost contact while searching for the crashed Su-30MK2 fighter jet. There were 6 officers and 3 professional soldiers on board. The crash site was temporarily determined to be east of the demarcation line of the Gulf of Tonkin, 3 nautical miles away. In the evening of the same day, the field forces recovered some debris of the aircraft. |
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