“The Supreme Command of the Armed Forces announced today that a fighter jet taking part in the Arab coalition led by Saudi Arabia … in Yemen was missing,” the statement read, according to AFP.
“A pilot from the Bahraini contingent participating in the coalition survived after the fall of his F-16 plane in the Jizan region this morning due to a technical malfunction,” Reuters reported, citing a statement on the Saudi state news agency.
A Saudi-led coalition of Arab states began a military campaign a year ago in an attempt to restore President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi and to prevent the Houthi rebels from taking complete control of Yemen.
- See more at: http://www.sajhapagevideo.com/extreme-plane-crashes-in-the-world/#sthash.oGFHnHel.dpufTwo pilots from the United Arab Emirates have been k!lled after their fighter jet crashed while taking part in Saudi-led coalition airstr!kes in Yemen. The jet reportedly came down as a result of a technical fault near the southern city of Aden.
Hani Al-Yazidi, director of the Buraiqa district in northern Aden, said the local authorities had found the wreckage of a Mirage fighter plane after it crashed into a mountain, Reuters reported.
The Saudi state news agency SPA stated that a “technical fault” was responsible for the crash. Earlier, the authorities from the United Arab Emirates had confirmed that one of its planes was “missing.”
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