The Saudi-led Coalition for the Restoration of the Legitimacy in Yemen has announced the martyrdom of Saudi Lieutenant Colonel Pilot Muhanna bin Saad Al-Baiz.

An official spokesman of the Coalition for the Restoration of the Legitimacy in Yemen, Colonel Turki Al-Maliki, said that on Wednesday evening, a Saudi Royal Air Force plane crashed due to a technical failure in the Abyan region of Yemen, while carrying out one of the operational tasks against Al-Qaeda.

The spokesman added that the coalition offers its deepest condolences to the family of the martyr, praying to Allah Almighty to rest his soul in Paradise.