Two Turkish F-4 Jets Crash, Killing Four Pilots

Society » INCIDENTS | February 24, 2015, Tuesday // 21:49
Bulgaria: Two Turkish F-4 Jets Crash, Killing Four Pilots A Turkish Air Force F-4 Phantom II. Source: wikipedia

Two F-4 fighter jets of the Turkish Air Force have crashed  in eastern Turkey, killing the four airmen in them, Turkey’s Daily Sabah reported on Tuesday.

According to unofficial information, the two aircraft collided in mid-air.

The news outlet quoted the governor of the eastern Turkish province of Malatya Suleyman Kamc? as saying the aircraft disappeared from radar and rescue teams were deployed to the crash area.

The bodies of two of the pilots have been recovered, a search for the other two is ongoing, according to Turkey’s NTV broadcaster.

 

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