Chinese female pilot dies in training crash

[Randy W]

People's Daily, China added 4 new photos.

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One of China’s first female J-10 fighter jet pilots died during training

Chinese J-10 fighter jet pilot Yu Xu, 30, died in a training exercise on November 12, 2016, according to the Chinese Air Force.

The accident occurred in north China’s Tianjin, when two J-10 fighter jets of PLAAF's Bayi Aerobatic Team crashed during the drill. One of the planes then plunged down and crashed near Yutian county in Hebei. Yu died when her parachute failed to eject.

Born in southwest China's Sichuan province in 1986, Yu was one of the first four female fighter pilots of China's People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF). She joined PLAAF in 2005 and was a pilot of the Bayi Aerobatic Team, which is affiliated to the Air Force.

People's Liberation Army Air Force spokesperson Shen Jinke offered condolences from the PLAAF.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited November 13, 2016 by Randy W (see edit history)

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[Mick]

Prayers go out for her and her family. She must have been one of the cream of the crop to hold the position she did. A tragic loss.

[Randy W]

More detail in the SCMP

 

 

Death of China’s first female J-10 fighter pilot Yu Xu sparks call for more training

Accident that killed elite military aerobatics high-flier the latest in a string of crashes involving J-10 fighter

[Doug]

We saw it on the news last night. Very pretty girl.

 

We get most our news on all the Chinese channels from DISH.

[Allon]

Parachute failed to "eject" really means deploy. Despite the known problems with the J-10, she manages to eject and the chute fails to deploy.

 

Means she knew what was coming, if she was conscious.

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