The Associated Press
CAIRO -- Egyptian security officials say a fighter plane has crashed near the southern city of Aswan, killing the pilot.
Officials say the
Russian-made MiG-21 jet crashed while on a training flight Wednesday in
an agricultural area north of Aswan. Fire fighters rushed to put out the
blaze caused by the crash and cordoned off the site.
The officials spoke on
condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief
reporters. They did not give the cause of the crash.
The Russian-made MiG
warplanes were once the backbone of Egypt's air force. They began to be
replaced in the 1980s and 1990s by U.S.-made fighter jets such as the
F-16.
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