Canadian military trainers are developing a program to train Ukrainian soldiers to conduct flight safety investigations — a move that comes almost two years after the deadly crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 over a contested region of Ukraine.
“They’ll learn how to conduct investigations for flight accidents. It’s actually geared towards the Ministry of Transportation type tasks and actually doesn’t have much to do with combat or that kind of fighting,” said Lt.-Col. Tim Arsenault, commander of Canada’s training mission in Ukraine, when asked whether the program was sparked by a recent spate of Russian jets buzzing U.S. navy ships.
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Source: National Newswatch
