A flight teacher and an aviation student had been killed in helicopter crash during a training session for Thai navy. The helicopter from Army Aviation Centre in Lop Buri caught fireplace and crashed within the neighbouring province Nakhon Sawan.
According to a navy supply, the helicopter, which was made in the United States by Enstrom Helicopter Corporation and was price 74 million baht, crashed at 9.40am exterior a post office in front of Jiraprawat military base in Mueang district of Nakhon Sawan province.
Hidden have been identified as a flying instructor, Lt Col Panpong Banchong Plan, and an aviation student, Cpl Chanakorn Piamcharoen. The military purchased two kinds of 22 Enstrom 480B helicopters from the Chinese-owned Enstrom Helicopter Corporation in the United States..