Major Chen Fogel's father: "My son was in the Air Force because of the values" | Israel Today

"My son was in the Air Force not because of the pilot, but because of the values," said today (Tuesday) Yaron Fogel, the father of Major Chen Fogel, who was killed in the helicopter crash in Haifa.

"He did not want to possess weapons, he avoided it," Vogel said, "so he would streamline his way to serve in Navy helicopters so that there would be no need for offensive operations."

As you may recall, yesterday a "helicopter" military helicopter with three crew members on it crashed into the sea, off the coast of Haifa.

Lt. Col. Erez Shahaini and Major Chen Fogel were killed, while another crew member, a Navy patrol officer, was rescued in fair condition and evacuated to Rambam Hospital.

Helicopter crew members were rescued by Yaltam fighters, 13th Squadron fighters, 669 fighters and naval police forces who provided the pilots with initial treatment, and after resuscitation efforts were forced to determine their deaths.

This is not a cyber attack

Earlier today, IDF Spokesman Brigadier General Ran Kochav told about the chain of events in an interview with 103FM: "The helicopter was on its way back from a training flight, close to the shores of Haifa it hits the water and crashes, about 900 meters from the shore.

The two pilots killed, the naval patrol officer manages to extricate himself from the helicopter. "He further noted that the cause of the accident is not yet known," We are at the beginning of the investigation and all directions are open to us. "

At the same time, the IDF spokesman emphasized that they did not think it was a hostile terrorist attack and even ruled out the possibility that it was a cyber attack that disrupted the helicopter systems. "Fortunately, one of the crew members is alive.

I guess after he recovers we can interrogate him and understand what happened, "said the star lieutenant colonel, adding:" This is a very painful fatal accident.

We embrace the families and wish the health of the officer who was saved. "

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