Trainee pilot dies in Bangladesh plane crash

Bangladesh Air Force pilot Taniul Islam was killed instantly when the PT-6 aircraft he was flying crashed into a field in Jessore district.

A trainee pilot of Bangladesh Air Force was killed when his aircaft crashed on Monday in the country's west, defence sources said.

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Cadet pilot Taniul Islam was killed instantly when the PT-6 aircraft he was flying crashed into a field in Jessore district, they said.

Islam was to graduate from the Air Force Academy, media reports said adding that the aircraft was on a training flight.

Senior officers have rushed to the spot. The cause of the crash was not immediately known.