Thai Gripen Crash Due To Spatial Disorientation

KUALA LUMPUR—Spatial disorientation has been determined as the cause of the fatal crash of a Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) Saab JAS 39C Gripen a year ago. No aircraft fault was involved in the crash, which killed pilot Sqn. Ldr. Dilokrit Pattavee, 34, RTAF spokesman Air Vice Marshal Pongsak Semachai...
Marhalim Abas

Marhalim Abas, based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, covers Southeast Asian defense. He has worked as a journalist specializing in Southeast Asia defense and security since 1994, initially with the New Straits Times newspaper.

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