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Thursday, June 26, 2008

Two fighter planes crash in Inner Mongolia

Authorities said that it was two fighter aircraft, not helicopters, that crashed after colliding during a drill early on Wednesday near the capital city of north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

New information from local officials said that two Chinese fighter aircraft -- the model is known as the Jian-8 -- collided over Qingshuihe County in the suburbs of Hohhot, at 8:50 a.m.

The crash was reported to the authorities at 9:45 a.m., according to a local government source.

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