A US-made F5E fighter jet crashed on a training flight Wednesday in north-east Thailand, killing the pilot, air force officials said, DPA reported.
Flying Officer Chatchawan Rassamee, the sole pilot of the jet, died in the crash which occurred at 11:55 am (0455 GMT) in Khutkhaopun district of Ubon Rachathani province, about 480 kilometres north-east of Bangkok.
"He was on a training flight," Royal Thai Air Force spokesman Group Captain Pongsak Saemakcahi said. "We are investigating the cause of the crash."
Production of F5E fighters, a regular item in the United States Air Force in the 1970s and 1980s, ended in 1987. It was not immediately known how old the crashed F5E was.
Pilot dies in fighter jet crash in north-east Thailand
