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A 'Top Gun' stunt has ended in tragedy after a fighter jet bounced off the runway following a low-altitude triple barrel-roll.
Pilot Muhammad Asim Jawad, 32, appeared to be attempting a Top Gun-like stunt with three aileron rolls at low altitude when the fuselage of his Yakovlev Yak-130 scraped along the tarmac.
CCTV shows smoke and sparks erupting from the Russian-made jet before Jawad pulled up from the runway in Chattogram, Bangladesh, on May 9.
But a fire had already broken out in the rear of the jet and Bangladesh Air Force pilot Jawad and his co-pilot Wing Commander Sohan Hasan Khan both ejected.
Both pilots reportedly landed in the Karnaphuli River and were rescued alive by members of the air force, navy and local fishermen, but Jawad later died in hospital, while Khan remains in critical condition.
Pilot Muhammad Asim Jawad, 32, appeared to be attempting a Top Gun-like stunt with three aileron rolls at low altitude when the fuselage of his Yakovlev Yak-130 scraped along the tarmac (pictured)
Both pilots reportedly landed in the Karnaphuli River and were rescued alive by members of the air force, navy and local fishermen, but Jawad (pictured) later died in hospital, while Khan remains in critical condition
CCTV shows smoke and sparks erupting from the Russian-made jet before Jawad pulled up from the runway in Chattogram, Bangladesh, on May 9. But a fire had already broken out in the rear of the jet and Bangladesh Air Force
