YANGON, April 5 (Xinhua) -- Commander-in-Chief of Myanmar's Defense Services Senior General Min Aung Hlaing has honored a fallen military plane pilot for his efforts to prevent the plane from falling onto a village before it crashed to ground, Myanmar News Agency reported Thursday.
Pilot Maj Arkar Win was killed in a military training jet crash in Taungoo, Bago region on Tuesday while conducting training flight near Kyunkon village, 4.82 km west of its air base.
The pilot died due to serious injuries although he did emergency parachute jump.
Without considering for his own safety, the pilot controlled his fighter up to the last minute so as not to crash into Kyungon village, the report said, adding that his body was found amid scattered debris.
A military investigation team said that the crash was caused by technical failure.