A Royal Thai Air Force training aircraft crashed during landing at Kamphaeng Saen Flying Training School in Nakhon Pathom province before noon on Saturday, RTAF spokesman Air Vice Marshall Prapas Sornchaidee said.

The Cabinet on Tuesday approved a Bt8.8-billion purchase of eight T-50TH Golden Eagle fighter training aircraft from Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) of South Korea, which the military said would not be too much of a burden on the national budget.