Fighter jet crashes in Egypt

By Ibrahim al-Khazen

ISTANBUL (AA) - An Egyptian fighter plane crashed, according to the military on Sunday.

A military statement said the plane went down during a training mission due to a technical error.

The crew of the plane were unharmed, the statement said, without providing any further details about the location of the crash.

In June, the Egyptian army said a fighter jet had crashed during a training mission as a result of a technical malfunction.

*Writing by Ahmed Asmar in Ankara