Pilot of F-15 apparently became distracted by instrument panel and did not notice he was heading for ground until navigator pulled the plane up; incident being investigated
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The site of a plane crash in which two Israeli soldiers were killed near Kibbutz Mishmar Hanegev in southern Israel, on November 24, 2020. (Dudu Greenspan/Flash90)
The Israel Defense Forces on Wednesday released a final report on the fatal crash of a military training plane in November, finding a “very high probability” the aircraft stalled during a low altitude maneuver, causing the pilots to lose control.
The stall likely did not result from a technical failure but rather a set of circumstances that the pilots had not trained for, according to the military.
The November 24 crash killed Cpl. Lihu Ben-Bassa, 19, and his trainer, Maj. (res.) Itay Zayden, 42, when the small Grob G 120 “Snunit” trainer plane hit the ground near Kibbutz Mishmar Hanegev in southern Israel.