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Albanian military aircraft fell headlong

Tirana, Albania - A powerplant failure while taking off would have produced a sudden fall of thrust and its crash would have killed its pilot

An Albanian Air Force's Mig-19 Farmer fighter would have fallen this morning immediately after its takeoff from the capital's international airport, in Tirana. It seems that the airplane (in the Chinese-made J-6 version) did not succeed in climbing due to a sudden failure at its powerplant, which would have caused an immediate fall of thrust. The plane would have so crashed on the ground nearby the...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 103437
Rome, Italy, 09/16/2004 14:09
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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