Fujairah: An absentee funeral prayer was performed on Wednesday in Fujairah for the soul of Emirati martyr Captain Pilot Khalid Mohammad Al Shehi at the Martyrs’ Mosque.
Earlier, the General Command of the UAE Armed Forces announced that an aircraft had crashed due to a technical failure while performing its duties in Yemen as part of the Saudi-led coalition’s operations, leading to the martyrdom of one of the crew members, while some others went missing.
Shaikh Hamdan Bin Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum,Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Executive Council of Dubai, also offered condolences to the family of Al Shehi.
خبر: حمدان بن محمد بن راشد ولي عهد #دبي يقدم واجب العزاء لأسرة الشهيد خالد الشحيhttps://t.co/0GLLrDDiFn#الامارات pic.twitter.com/oBMGBmEkf3
— Dubai Media Office (@DXBMediaOffice) September 28, 2017
حمدان بن محمد ولي عهد #دبي يعزي في وفاة شهيد الوطن خالد الشحي في منطقة قدفع في الفجيرة pic.twitter.com/S8DK8gC83H
— Dubai Media Office (@DXBMediaOffice) September 28, 2017