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In Sweden a civil plane went near to a slaughter as a Czech fighter jet shot it by mistake

Prague, Czech Republic - Last week during a training a mistake on the target individuation was about to provoke a disaster

The Minister of Defense of the Czech Republic admitted yesterday that last week an F-16 pilot of Czech Republic almost shot down a passenger plane in the northern Sweden, because of a mistake in the calculation and individuation of the target. The incident happened last Wednesday, while the pilot was engaged into a training for the use of the new Gripen fighter, recently purchased by the Czech Air...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 66766
Rome, Italy, 10/17/2006 13:33
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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