Military plane crashes in Czech Republic, 1 pilot killed

November 23, 2012 20:09

On the evening of November 22, a Czech Republic L-159 fighter jet crashed during a training exercise, killing the 34-year-old pilot.The cause of the accident was pilot error.

According to local media, the plane crashed in a farm area about 70 km east of the Czech capital Prague. The Czech military is investigating the cause of the accident and has temporarily grounded all L-159 aircraft.


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The L-159, a Czech-made multirole fighter aircraft, began flight testing in 1997 and was later adopted by the Czech Army. In October 2012, Iraq spent $1 billion to buy 28 of these aircraft from the Czech Republic.


In 2003, there was also an L-159 plane crash that killed one pilot. The investigation results showed that the cause of the accident was due to pilot error./.


According to VOV-M

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