Wednesday 13 January 2016

F-4 Phantom fighter jet crashes in Iran, 2 killed

Two soldiers died when a military jet crashed in a south-eastern Iranian city while on a training mission, local media reported. The jet is thought to be an F-4 Phantom II bought by Tehran from the US before the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

A military plane on a training mission crashed near the border with Pakistan on Tuesday, Tasnim News was told by Ali Asghar Mirshekari, the security and political deputy to the governor general of Sistan and Baluchestan Province.

“Unfortunately a military training aircraft crashed today due to technical problems,” Mirshekari also told state TV.

The pilot and co-pilot both died in the crash, he said. Mirshekari added the jet belonged to the Iranian Army, while the cause of the crash is under investigation.

https://www.rt.com/news/328673-f4-jet-iran-crash/




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