JEDDAH: An American trainer working with Saudi Arabia’s National Guard was killed on Thursday in a helicopter crash in Riyadh in the course of a routine activity, the National Guard Ministry said.
A Saudi trainee pilot was injured in the crash at Khashm Al-An Airport, which involved a Boeing AH-6i light helicopter gunship.
The flight instructor was named as Paul Reedy and the trainee pilot as Lt. Hisham bin Abdul Aziz Al-Asheikh, who was taken to the National Guard hospital in King Abdul Aziz Medical City. His condition is stable.
“Investigation committees are still completing their procedures to find out the causes of the accident,” the ministry said.
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American killed, Saudi injured in helicopter accident in Riyadh
American killed, Saudi injured in helicopter accident in Riyadh
- The crash at Khashm Al-An Airport involved a Boeing AH-6i light helicopter gunship.
- Investigation committees are still completing procedures to find out the causes of the accident.
Saudi leadership sends cables of condolences after passing of former Bangladesh PM Khaleda Zia
- Zia died at the age of 80 after a prolonged illness
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s King Salman on Thursday sent a cable of condolences to the President of Bangladesh Mohammed Shahabuddin after the passing of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia on Tuesday.
The king prayed that God have mercy on Zia, forgive her sins, and admit her into paradise. He extended his condolences to the family of the deceased.
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman sent a similar cable.
On Wednesday, huge crowds had flocked to the area outside Bangladesh’s national parliament building in the capital to attend the funeral prayers for Zia, who died at the age of 80 after a prolonged illness.
Zia was buried in late afternoon with state honors beside the grave of her husband, a former president who was assassinated in a military coup in 1981, in a park outside the parliament building later Wednesday.
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