Posted on 06/12/2009 6:34:00 AM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
Vietnam fighter jet crashes, pilot killed
International AP News 2009-06-10 10:42
HANOI, Vietnam (AP): An official says a Vietnamese fighter jet crashed during a training mission, killing the lone pilot.
A district military official who identified himself only as Thanh said the Soviet-made SU-22 crashed into a corn field Tuesday morning in Cam Thuy District in northern Thanh Hoa province after taking off from a nearby military air base.
Wednesday's Youth newspaper quotes villager Truong Van Dinh as saying he heard a big explosion before the plane crashed and engulfed in a ball of fire.
Several military plane crashes involving aging Soviet-made jets have been reported in recent years in Vietnam. (The Associated Press)
Wow, that headline was a blast from the past.
The MSM attributed the cause of the crash to global warming.
When my daughter an I went (back for me) to Vietnam in 2000 we were advised not to take pictures of aircraft outside our Cathay Pacific A340. Looking outside I wondered, “Who would want to take a picture of all this old junk anyway?”
The same policy applied at Danang where a bunch of Frenchies went out on the tarmac and took pictures to the heart’s content regardless.
RIP.
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