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Taiwan: four dead in a fighter jet crash

Taipei, China's Republic - Also nine Singaporean servicemen were injured

An ageing Taiwan fighter jet crashed today in northern Taiwan during preparation for an exercise aimed at countering an attack by China, killing two Taiwanese pilots and two visiting Singaporean soldiers on the ground, officials said. Nine Singaporean servicemen were injured, two seriously, when the two-seater F-5F jet crashed into a storeroom in a military base, Singapore's Ministry of Defense...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1073656
Rome, Italy, 05/11/2007 13:33
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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