Saudi Arab Prince Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud dies in plane crash

Prince Talal bin Abdulaziz bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz Al Saud passed away on Thursday, December 7, following the crash of a fighter plane during a training mission. He was 62.The Saudi royal court announced the prince’s passing, saying that funeral prayers to be held at Imam Turki bin Abdullah Mosque in Riyadh on Friday, December



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The royal court has not disclosed the cause of the prince’s death.

On Thursday, the Saudi Ministry of Defense announced the downing of a Royal Saudi Air Force F-15SA fighter plane during a routine mission at King Abdulaziz Air Base in Dhahran, and the killing of its two members.