31-year-old RSAF engineer collapses, dies in US

Published on Oct 04, 2012
6:00 AM

RSAF engineer David Chan, 31, is believed to have collapsed last week during an off-duty football game. -- PHOTO: FACEBOOK

By Jermyn Chow, Defence Correspondent

A Republic of Singapore Air Force serviceman based in the American north-west state of Idaho died last week.

He is believed to have collapsed during a football game while he was off duty.

Mr David Chan Kok Leong, 31, a regular, was an engineer servicing Singapore's F-15SG warplanes at the Mountain Home Air Force Base.

The training detachment, under the United States Air Force's 428th Fighter Squadron, is located about 94km from Idaho's capital, Boise.

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