Sunday, November 16, 2014

China’s showpiece fighter jet crashes on test flight; 7 hurt


At least seven persons were injured when an advanced Chinese multi-role fighter jet crashed into a residential compound during a test flight in the country’s southwest.

The pilot ejected safely but at least seven persons received burn injuries after the jet struck a newly constructed residential building before plunging into an artificial lake inside the compound at Chengdu in Sichuan province, yesterday.

The jet, operated by the Chengdu military command and said to be a prototype of an advanced Jian 10-B fighter, may have been on a test flight, Hong Kong based South China Morning Post reported today.

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