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Afghanistan Flash: Predator crashes

Washington, Usa - It was not due to hostile fire

Pentagon's spokesperson unveiled that in the early hours of this morning (April 21, 09, local hour) an UAV (Unmanned aerial vehicle), model MQ-1 Predator of the US Air Force, based in Afghanistan, crashed in eastern area of the Country. The crash, it specifies, was not due to hostile fire. Probably the aircraft was making an armed reconnaissance at medium-altitude and long-endurance, task for which...

fra/pec - 1103254
Rome, Italy, 04/21/2009 17:48
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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