Indian warplane crash kills one person

Published December 26th, 2002 - 02:00 GMT
Al Bawaba
Al Bawaba

A Mig-21 fighter, belonging to the Indian Air Force (IAF), crashed Thursday afternoon on a house near the local air base in Srinagar, capital of India-controlled Kashmir. The aircraft crashed at 14:25 local time (8:55 GMT), when it was coming in to land at the Srinagar airport following an "operational sortie," the Press Trust of India (PTI) reported.  

 

It crashed on a house in a village about four kilometers from the airport and killed the owner of the house. (Albawaba.com)

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