ABU DHABI // Sheikh Saif bin Zayed, Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister, and Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak, Minister of Culture and Knowledge Development, have each expressed condolences to the family of the pilot Nawaf Abdullah Salem Al Nuaimi, who died in a military plane crash during a training flight.
The pilot, a 32-year-old captain in the UAE Air Force, died alongside his flight instructor when their plane crashed on Sunday.
He was laid to rest in Al Jurf cemetery after funeral prayers at Sheikh Zayed Mosque the same day.
The pilot was married with two young children, Abdullah, 3, and Ayesha, 2, and lived with his family in Mushrif.
He joined the military in 2001 and the Air Force three years later in 2004. Details of the crash have not been revealed.
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Dubai is on a mission to record good air quality for 90 per cent of the year – up from 86 per cent annually today – by 2021.
The municipality plans to have seven mobile air-monitoring stations by 2020 to capture more accurate data in hourly and daily trends of pollution.
These will be on the Palm Jumeirah, Al Qusais, Muhaisnah, Rashidiyah, Al Wasl, Al Quoz and Dubai Investment Park.
“It will allow real-time responding for emergency cases,” said Khaldoon Al Daraji, first environment safety officer at the municipality.
“We’re in a good position except for the cases that are out of our hands, such as sandstorms.
“Sandstorms are our main concern because the UAE is just a receiver.
“The hotspots are Iran, Saudi Arabia and southern Iraq, but we’re working hard with the region to reduce the cycle of sandstorm generation.”
Mr Al Daraji said monitoring as it stood covered 47 per cent of Dubai.
There are 12 fixed stations in the emirate, but Dubai also receives information from monitors belonging to other entities.
“There are 25 stations in total,” Mr Al Daraji said.
“We added new technology and equipment used for the first time for the detection of heavy metals.
“A hundred parameters can be detected but we want to expand it to make sure that the data captured can allow a baseline study in some areas to ensure they are well positioned.”