Two pilots inside a light aircraft have died after it crashed into the sea off the Ras Al Khaimah coast.
The plane belonged to Jazirah Aviation Club, according to state news agency Wam.
The General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) said that the Air Accidents Investigation Section had received a report about the incident, but the cause of the crash has yet to be disclosed.
The GCAA extended its condolences to the families and relatives of the pilots.
In numbers: PKK’s money network in Europe
Germany: PKK collectors typically bring in $18 million in cash a year – amount has trebled since 2010
Revolutionary tax: Investigators say about $2 million a year raised from ‘tax collection’ around Marseille
Extortion: Gunman convicted in 2023 of demanding $10,000 from Kurdish businessman in Stockholm
Drug trade: PKK income claimed by Turkish anti-drugs force in 2024 to be as high as $500 million a year
Denmark: PKK one of two terrorist groups along with Iranian separatists ASMLA to raise “two-digit million amounts”
Contributions: Hundreds of euros expected from typical Kurdish families and thousands from business owners
TV channel: Kurdish Roj TV accounts frozen and went bankrupt after Denmark fined it more than $1 million over PKK links in 2013
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