ABU DHABI // Sheikh Saif bin Zayed, Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister, and Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak, Minister of Culture and Knowledge Development, have each expressed condolences to the family of the pilot Nawaf Abdullah Salem Al Nuaimi, who died in a military plane crash during a training flight.
The pilot, a 32-year-old captain in the UAE Air Force, died alongside his flight instructor when their plane crashed on Sunday.
He was laid to rest in Al Jurf cemetery after funeral prayers at Sheikh Zayed Mosque the same day.
The pilot was married with two young children, Abdullah, 3, and Ayesha, 2, and lived with his family in Mushrif.
He joined the military in 2001 and the Air Force three years later in 2004. Details of the crash have not been revealed.
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