Foreign Correspondence

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Jets reportedly in mid-air crash

May 03, 2005


From: Agence France-Presse
TWO US jets are feared to have been involved in a mid-air collision over Iraq.

The US military lost contact with the F/A-18 jets early today.
America's NBC News reported US Navy sources as saying the jets had been involved in a mid-air collision and that search efforts were under way to find the downed aircraft.

The military's official line was only that there was "no initial indication of hostile fire".

"Contact was lost with two US Marine F/A-18 Hornet jets flying over Iraq," said Nick Minecci, a staff sergeant at the US military's press centre in Baghdad.

The contact with lost at 10:10pm local time (4.10am AEST), he said.

The F/A-18 Hornet jet has different versions, one of which is flown by a single pilot. Another version of the aircraft carries two crew members.

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,15163279-23109,00.html