A renowned pilot and squadron leader of the Bangladesh Air Force has passed away in a shocking air accident when his fighter jet skimmed the ground, attempted to continue flying, and crashed. Commander Asim Jawad and his co-pilot Sohan Hasan Khan managed to eject from the Yakovlev Yak-130 and landed in a nearby river. Asim died instantly, while Sohan remains hospitalized in critical condition.
Risking a Trick. The pilot apparently attempted to perform a low-altitude triple roll, a highly risky aerial maneuver immortalized by “Maverick” in Top Gun. However, everything went awry: the plane made contact with the runway while trying to execute the intricate maneuver, leading to a tragic outcome.
The images were recorded by security cameras and show the smoke and sparks emitted by the fighter jet before Muhammad took off on the runway.
Accident. The plane was recovered and the Bangladesh Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) stated in a press release that the plane had suffered a mechanical failure, which caused the accident.
Move the plane away. According to the record, the pilots would have attempted to move the plane away from the most densely populated area of the city after detecting the mechanical failure.
Contradiction? However, a source specializing in the subject explained to the British newspaper Daily Mail that the images obtained by the security cameras contradict the version of the Bangladesh Air Force, and the accident occurred due to the dangerousness of the maneuver, a triple low-altitude turn in the style of Top Gun.
Earlier today, a @BD_Air_Force YAK-130 aircraft crashed approximately 2 miles east of the airfield, into the Karnaphuli River, opposite the Patenga Container Terminal. Although the pilots managed to eject from the aircraft, Squadron Leader Asim Jawad was pronounced dead at the… pic.twitter.com/LPk47g2jG1
— Sami (@ZulkarnainSaer) May 9, 2024
About the pilot. Asim Jawad, 31, was the only son of Dr. Aman Ullah from the village of Gopalpur in the Saturia upazila of Manikganj. After the accident, he left behind his wife, a daughter, a son, his father, his mother, and a large number of relatives to mourn his death
Asim was born on March 20, 1992. He completed his SSC in 2007 from Savar Cantonment Public School and his HSC in 2009 from Savar Cantonment School and College. He joined the Bangladesh Air Force in 2010.
The trick in the movie
Movie Scene. The production of Top Gun: Maverick had to request permission from the United States Navy because Tom Cruise had to perform a stunt in the sky that was not allowed, and even director Kosinski was not sure if the actor could pull it off. It is a sequence in which Maverick flies less than 15 meters from the ground, at 900 kilometers per hour.
Regarding this, the director was impressed and believes it is one of those things that he does not think will ever be done again: flying a fighter jet at such a low altitude is too dangerous. This almost impossible aerial stunt performed by Cruise adds to the list of death-defying feats that the actor has accomplished throughout his career.