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Saudi Royal Air Force Hawk plane crashes during training mission

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By Alan Wilson – Royal Saudi Air Force ‘Saudi Hawks’ BAe Hawk T65 x6, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=26903436

A Saudi Royal Air Force plane crashed on during a training mission in the northwest region, leaving all of its crew dead, an official source at the Ministry of Defence said.

An investigation was opened into the cause of the crash of the British-manufactured Hawk, the ministry said in a statement issued by Saudi state-news agency SPA.

This post was published on 17 October 2018 01:54

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