Chinese K-8 trainer jet crashes in Wariyapola

A Chinese K-8 trainer jet of the Sri Lanka Air Force crash-landed in Wariyapola a short while ago, the Sri Lanka Air Force reported. 

 

It is reported that the aircraft, which had taken off from the China Bay Air Force Base in Trincomalee, lost radar contact before the crash. 

 

They said that the pilot and co-pilot ejected from the aircraft before the crash.