Posthumous honours for Polish military pilot killed in jet crash
PR dla Zagranicy
Grzegorz Siwicki
15.07.2018 09:00
Poland’s defence minister has bestowed posthumous honours on a military pilot who was killed in a jet crash earlier this month, authorities in Warsaw have said.
Defence Minister Mariusz Błaszczak (centre) attends Saturday's funeral of the Polish military pilot in the northern town of Pruszcz Gdański. Photo: Maciej Nędzyński/mon.gov.pl
A MiG-29 military jet crashed near the town of Pasłęk in northern Poland during a night flight on July 6, according to news reports.
“Following a decision by Defence Minister Mariusz Błaszczak, Lt. Krzysztof Sobański, the pilot who died in the crash of the MiG-29 plane, has been posthumously promoted to captain and awarded the Golden Medal of Merit for Service to National Defence," the defence ministry said in a tweet on Saturday.
Sobański was killed despite ejecting before the crash, according to officials.
His funeral service -- attended by the defence minister, alongside family members, friends and military men -- was held in the northern town of Pruszcz Gdański on Saturday, the Polish defence ministry said.
The Polish Air Force grounded its entire fleet of Soviet-made MiG-29 jets after the crash pending an investigation by a state commission of aviation experts.
(gs/pk)
Source: PAP