A Chinese military aircraft crashed outside Zunyi Airport, Guizhou, China during a training flight, the Chinese Air Force has confirmed.
The plane, thought to be a Shaanxi Y-8 (a Chinese aircraft based on the An-12), has gone down in a field, with smoke coming from the site.
BREAKING A large aircraft believed to be military has crashed in Guizhou Province, China. Unknown casualties and injuries.
Video via https://t.co/MNAfp4sNCV pic.twitter.com/7Ug42r6DDK
— Brendan Grainger (@Highflyermel) 29 janvier 2018
It was later announced that 43 people died in the crash.
Chinese Air Force aircraft crashed on a training flight near Zunyi, Guizhou Province. It is understood that 43 persons were killed in the event.https://t.co/iUAhNK8bHk
— JACDEC (@JacdecNew) 29 janvier 2018
Looks like a COMAC C919…
Would be the end of the program…
It’s certainly not a COMAC C919 !
It is thought to be an Y-8
But if the first images are correct it looks like a jet plane, correct?
http://defenceforumindia.com/forum/threads/china-deleting-videos-of-c919-crash.80720/
I don’t believe a single thing of this conspiracy theory!