Farewell ceremony is held at Rashad Atakishiyev's house
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  • 10:10 21 August 2019

Farewell ceremony is held at Rashad Atakishiyev's house

A farewell ceremony for the pilot of the crashed MiG-29, Rashad Atakishiyev has started, ONA reports.

The farewell ceremony for the pilot is held at the yard of his home, in Yeni Yasamal, Baku.

An official farewell ceremony for the military pilot will be held on August 21 at 10:00 at the Training and Education Center of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan.

He will be buried in the second Alley of Honor in Baku.

Note that on July 24 at 22:00 (GMT +4), the MIG-29 plane of the Azerbaijani Air Force crashed during training flights and fell into the Caspian Sea. During the night training flights, the connection with the MIG-29 plane was suddenly lost, and it disappeared from the radars. On August 20, the remains of the MiG-29 of the Air Force of Azerbaijan and a military pilot Lieutenant Colonel Atakishiyev Rashad Saleddin, which crashed during scheduled night training flights on July 24, were found and lifted from the bottom of the sea.

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