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Sri Lanka: a military plane crashed, the pilot is safe

Colombo, Sri Lanka - The man managed to eject, the reasons of the incident are unknown

A Sri Lankan military aircraft crashed today shortly after the take off from the Katunayake airport, during a mission against the "Tamil" rebels. It has been communicated by military sources in Sri Lanka, which added also the pilot managed to eject with his parachute and no other persons have been involved into the incident. The Sri Lankan Air Force planes are engaged since April in a fight against...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 66726
Rome, Italy, 10/16/2006 18:01
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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