Dubai, November 12 (IANS). A training plane has crashed in the airfield of the Emirate Fujairah, located on the east coast of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), killing one person and leaving another missing. This information has been given by the General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) of UAE.
According to news agency Xinhua, the plane was carrying an instructor pilot and a foreign trainee pilot. The plane lost radar contact about 20 minutes after takeoff.
According to the GCAA, the body of the instructor pilot was recovered off the coast of Fujairah, while search and rescue teams continue to locate the trainee pilot and the wreckage of the aircraft.
The GCAA said an investigation is underway to determine the cause of the accident.
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