Former Israeli Air Force Pilot Dies in Light Aircraft Crash
Translated & summarized from Channel 9 by baba
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- Former fighter pilot Eran Peleg died in a light aircraft crash.
- A passenger survived the crash with serious injuries.
- The plane crashed near Kfar Kara due to a technical issue.
- A fire resulting from the crash was contained by firefighters.
- Peleg was a co-founder of a software development company, Metafor.
A 75-year-old retired lieutenant colonel and fighter pilot, Eran Peleg, died yesterday when his light aircraft crashed near the Arab village of Kfar Kara in the Wadi Ara region. A 33-year-old passenger survived the crash with serious injuries. The incident occurred shortly after takeoff from Megiddo airfield due to a technical malfunction. A fire broke out upon impact, spreading to a nearby grove and threatening homes in Kfar Kara, but firefighters managed to contain the blaze. In 2020, Peleg, who had been an instructor at the Megiddo flight school, co-founded a company called "Metafor" with Druze pilot Iyar Badar. The company specialized in model-driven development, creating software to simulate planned processes based on flowcharts. At the time, its clients included Israel Aerospace Industries, the Israeli Air Force, and Mobileye, leveraging Peleg's connections. The firm employed seven people, primarily software engineers and computer technology specialists, and was based in the Druze village of Hurfeish.
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