Iranian fighter jet crashes, killing 2
An Iranian F-4 Phantom fighter jet crashed during training exercises near the border with Pakistan on Tuesday, killing both pilots, state television reports.
State TV quotes a local security official as saying the plane had crashed about 65 kilometers (40 miles) from the city of Konarak in Iran’s southern Sistan-Baluchistan province.
“Unfortunately a military training aircraft crashed today due to technical problems,” killing the pilot and co-pilot, Ali Asghar Mirshekari, the provincial deputy security chief, tells the channel.
— AFP