Egypt's army spokesperson: Fighter jet crashes due to technical malfunction during training sortie; pilot survives

Ahmed Eleiba, Saturday 3 Nov 2018

 Tamer El-Refai
Egyptian Armed Forces Spokesperson Tamer El-Refai (Photo courtesy of army's Facebook page)

Egypt's army spokesperson Tamer El-Refai said Saturday in a statement on his Facebook page that a fighter jet has crashed during a training sortie in a training area.

El-Refai said that the plane crashed due to a technical malfunction in the aircraft's control devices.

The spokesperson added that the pilot survived the incident.

 

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