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F/A-18 aircraft of the Swiss Air Force crashes during a training flight

Alpnachstad , Switzerland - The fate of the pilot is currently unknown

An F/A-18 aircraft of the Swiss Air Force crashed today, Wednesday 23 October 2013, during a training flight, not far from Alpnachstad airbase, in the Canton Obvaldo. The news has been confirmed by Peter Minder head of communications of the Federal Department for Defence (DPDS): "There was a crash, I don't know yet whether there are victims". The fate of the pilot is still unknown: according...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1156024
Rome, Italy, 10/23/2013 16:47
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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