Victim of plane crash in Wadi Ara: Eran Peleg, former fighter pilot and startup entrepreneur

Eran Peleg, a 75-year-old former fighter pilot and high-tech entrepreneur from Kfar Saba, was killed in a light plane crash near Kafr Qara in Wadi Ara. Another man, 33, was moderately injured. The plane took off from Megiddo airstrip, crashed in an open area and caught fire. The circumstances of the accident are under investigation.

Eran Peleg, a former Israeli Air Force fighter pilot with the rank of lieutenant colonel (res.) and a 75-year-old high-tech entrepreneur from Kfar Saba, was killed yesterday (Friday) in a light plane crash near Kafr Qara in Wadi Ara. Another man, 33, was moderately injured. The two took off from the Megiddo airstrip in the north, and during the flight a malfunction occurred that led to the crash. The plane crashed in an open area and caught fire; the fire spread to a nearby grove but was extinguished. Peleg served as a flight instructor at the "Sky Flight" school. In his past he was a fighter pilot, and later turned to the world of technology. In 2020, together with Iyad Badr, an Arkia pilot, he founded "Metafor," a model-driven development company based in Hurfeish that employed seven people. Peleg then spoke about the aspiration to create a high-tech employment hub in the Druze periphery. The circumstances of the accident are being investigated by the police and the Civil Aviation Authority.