Russian fighter jet crashes in Libya
TRIPOLI : Russian fighter jet crashes in Libya, A Russian MiG-23 fighter jet crashed into a house in a suburb of the Libyan capital Tripoli on Wednesday, killing its two-man crew and injuring several people on the ground.
The jet was carrying out a demonstration flight at an air show at the time of the crash in the Soug-Ejemaa district. There was no immediate word on the cause of the accident.
On Monday, Russian state-owned arms exporter Rosoboronexport said in a statement that it was expecting a “significant expansion” of Russian arms sales to Libya and other states in the region at the Third Libyan Aviation Exhibition (LAVEX 2009) which wraps up on Thursday.
Russian fighter jet crashes in Libya was first posted on October 7, 2009 at 9:26 pm.
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