Thursday, 17. October 2002

Unmanned U.S. Spy Plane Crashes in Pakistan-Police


An unmanned U.S. spy plane crashed in southern Pakistan on Thursday just after it took off from a military air base, police officials said. The Desert Hawk plane took off from Jacobabad air base in southern Sindh province early on Thursday, but crashed soon afterwards, a police official who asked not to be identified said. He cited engine failure as the cause of the accident and ruled out rumors that it was shot down by unidentified gunmen. "It fell just outside the air base boundary," he said.

¬> REUTERS

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