Military plane crashed in Egypt. It has been reported Egypt Independent Referring to the testimony of Colonel Gharib Abdel-Hafez, representative of the Egyptian armed forces.
According to the Colonel, the plane crashed during the training flight due to a technical malfunction. At the same time, the pilot managed to “survive uninjured”.
The nature of the malfunction and the cause of the incident were not disclosed, nor the type of aircraft – a representative of the Egyptian army mentioned that it was a training aircraft.
The Egyptian Air Force is armed with training fighters Mirage 2000B, Mirage 5-SDD, F-16B / D, MiG-21UM and combat trainers L-39, L-59E, EMB-312, Alphajet MS1 and MS2. Grob G-115E, Hongdu JL-8 and K-8E.
Previously reportedA Su-22 aircraft of the Vietnamese Air Force (Air Force) crashed while landing at an airport in Yen Bai province.
The pilot was ordered to launch, but tried to save the plane. As a result, the Su-22 crashed and the pilot died.