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| Yemen fighter plane crashes into homes in Sanaa | Yemen fighter plane crashes into homes in Sanaa |
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| A fighter plane has crashed in a residential area of the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, killing at least nine people, reports say. | |
| The aircraft came down near Change Square, scene of anti-government protests under the former regime. | The aircraft came down near Change Square, scene of anti-government protests under the former regime. |
| The plane was on a training flight when it crashed, Yemeni officials said. | The plane was on a training flight when it crashed, Yemeni officials said. |
| Two homes were hit, the interior ministry said, with reports of people trapped under rubble. TV pictures showed cars on fire at the scene. | Two homes were hit, the interior ministry said, with reports of people trapped under rubble. TV pictures showed cars on fire at the scene. |
| State news agency Saba said three women and two children were among those killed when the plane came down in al-Qadissiya neighbourhood. | |
| At least 11 other people were wounded, medical officials said. | |
| Ambulances were at the crash site, and thick black smoke was pouring from the wreckage, the AFP news agency reported. | Ambulances were at the crash site, and thick black smoke was pouring from the wreckage, the AFP news agency reported. |
| "It's terrible and painful," one resident, Abdullah al-Ashwal, told Reuters. "The police and medics evacuated five completely burned bodies, they were all unrecognisable," he said. | |
| Reuters quoted an unnamed security official as saying the pilot had ejected from the aircraft. The plane was a Russian SU-22, the news agency quoted a military official as saying. | Reuters quoted an unnamed security official as saying the pilot had ejected from the aircraft. The plane was a Russian SU-22, the news agency quoted a military official as saying. |
| The cause of the crash is being investigated, the interior ministry said. | |
| Last November, 10 people were killed when a Yemeni military transport plane crashed near Sanaa airport. |