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Military jet crashes into inactive volcano in Iran - report | Military jet crashes into inactive volcano in Iran - report |
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An Iranian military aircraft has crashed into the Sabalan mountain range in the northwestern Ardebil Province on Wednesday, a local official confirmed to IRNA. | An Iranian military aircraft has crashed into the Sabalan mountain range in the northwestern Ardebil Province on Wednesday, a local official confirmed to IRNA. |
Medics and rescue teams have been dispatched to locate the wreckage and look for survivors. It is not clear what type of a plane it was and how many people were on board. | Medics and rescue teams have been dispatched to locate the wreckage and look for survivors. It is not clear what type of a plane it was and how many people were on board. |
Early reports say that the aircraft was a MiG-29 training plane that took off from the Tabriz Air Base with two people on board. | |
Locals have heard a loud bang near Sabalan when the crash happened, Iranian media said. | Locals have heard a loud bang near Sabalan when the crash happened, Iranian media said. |
The third-highest mountain peak in Iran, the Sabalan has a volcano crater lake on its summit. | |
An F-5 fighter jet crashed during a training mission in the southwestern Khuzestan Province last year, killing one of its two pilots. | |
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