Pilot killed after Korean-made T-50i Golden Eagle trainer crashes in Indonesia
![Two T-50 trainers take off from the 1st Fighter Wing base of the Air Force in Gwangju in early May this year. The T-50 trainers are domestic supersonic advanced trainers from which the T-50i trainers are modeled. [YONHAP]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2022/07/19/0a0bb213-317c-422d-8135-47f71d0dd430.jpg)
Two T-50 trainers take off from the 1st Fighter Wing base of the Air Force in Gwangju in early May this year. The T-50 trainers are domestic supersonic advanced trainers from which the T-50i trainers are modeled. [YONHAP]
The pilot of a Korean-made T-50i Golden Eagle trainer was killed after the plane crashed in Indonesia while performing a night training mission Tuesday, according to the Associated Press.
The T-50i is an aircraft made for export, based on the domestic supersonic advanced trainer T-50.
BY LIM JEONG-WON [lim.jeongwon@joongang.co.kr]
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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