‘They’re okay’: RMAF officers stable after emergency ejection in Kuantan Hornet fighter jet crash, says Air Force chief

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‘They’re okay’: RMAF officers stable after emergency ejection in Kuantan Hornet fighter jet crash, says Air Force chief
Royal Malaysian Air ForceF/A-18D Hornet CrashSultan Haji Ahmad Shah Airport
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KUANTAN, Aug 23 — Two Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) officers involved in the F/A-18D Hornet fighter jet crash at Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Airport here on Thursday night are...

Singaporean doctor charged with filming 4,500 secret videos in Melbourne hospitals, out after parents flew in to post A$50,000 bailAir Force Chief General Datuk Seri Muhammad Norazlan Aris visits the pilot involved in the F/A-18D Hornet aircraft crash, Major Azhar Alang Kamarudin in Kuantan August 22, 2025.

Chief of Air Force Gen Datuk Seri Muhamad Norazlan Aris said the pilot, Maj Mohamad Azhar Alang Kamarudin, 34, and weapon systems officer Capt Mohamad Izzuddin Mohamad Salleh, 28, are still undergoing treatment and monitoring at the Armed Forces Hospital. “Usually, they will be monitored for three days as a precaution. In my view, ‘both of them are okay’,” he told Bernama when contacted today, adding that such monitoring is a standard practice for personnel receiving treatment at military medical facilities.

Mohamad Izzuddin and Mohamad Azhar successfully executed an emergency procedure by ejecting from the aircraft before it crashed at 9.05 pm on Thursday, while the jet was conducting a routine night training flight. — Bernama

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