Source : Xinhua | English.news.cn
RIYADH, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- A Tornado fighter of the Saudi royal air force crashed Monday during a training, but the pilot survived, Saudi defense ministry said.
The crash occurred Monday afternoon during a routine training at King Abdulaziz airbase in Dhahran, and the crew have escaped to safety, the Saudi Press Agency quoted the defense ministry as saying.
An investigation has been launched by a technical team to probe the plane's falling, the ministr said.
An F15 jet and a Hawk aircraft crashed during different training missions in December in the kingdom. One pilot of the F15 jet was killed in the crash.
