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Almost a disaster: The Air Force commander ordered a training curfew due to a safety incident
About a year after a pilot flower and a pilot were killed in the corps, an unusual incident occurred during a workshop to deal with air and ground threats.
One of the air crews, looked away from the plane screen and did not notice that he had lost altitude and approached the ground.
The navigator who was with him recognized the lowering, alerted and pulled the plane up.
The incident is being investigated
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Amikam Nurkin
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Amir Bohbot
Thursday, 25 November 2021, 02:05
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The commander of the Air Force, Major General Amikam Nurkin, decided last night (Wednesday) on a curfew for training in the corps, following a safety incident that occurred in one of the squadrons.
The incident is being investigated.
During a workshop to deal with air and ground threats, held in the south of the country, one of the air crews, looked away from the plane screen and did not notice that he had lost altitude and approached the ground.
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The navigator who was with him recognized the lowering, alerted and pulled the plane upwards.
The pilot joined in this action and following the quick and professional identification, they were both out of danger.
The workshop has been stopped and the incident is being investigated.
About a year ago, a safety incident occurred that ended in disaster when 42-year-old Itai Zeiden, a reserve fighter pilot from Kibbutz Shoval, and 19-year-old Lihu Ben-Besa, a pilot and resident of Rishon Lezion, were killed in a Negev Air Force training plane crash.
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