Air force pilot laid to rest

AMMAN – Royal Jordanian Air Force (RJAF) pilot Maj. Muath Bani Fares who was killed in a plane crash during a training flight last Thursday was laid to rest on Friday in his hometown of Ashrafieh in Irbid, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.

King’s Military Adviser and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs-of-Staff Gen. Mashal Al Zaben and senior officials and officers attended the funeral, Petra added.

The RJAF pilot was killed and another, Captain Sharaf Al Tafour, was injured when their Hawk aircraft crashed. Bani Fares was 33 years old and married with three children.