Training Aircraft Crashes On Highway, Killing Pilots
July 01 2010
Two Tanzanian military pilots were killed Tuesday when their training aircraft crashed, reports the Citizen (Dar es Salaam).
Defense officials said the FT-5 aircraft crash-landed on the Segera-Chalinze highway, nearly colliding with a truck and a bus carrying tourists.
The plane was attempting to land on the highway after developing technical problems during a training mission, said Lt. Gen. Abdurahman Shimbo, the military chief of staff.
An investigation into the incident...
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