Two Jordanian pilots killed in planes collision
Jordan, Local, 10/5/2005

It was announced in Amman that two warplanes for the Jordanian air force collided while performing training, and that resulted in killing of their two pilots.

The Jordanian official news agency Petra quoted the media spokesman for the armed forces that two training "Casa Type" planes for the Royal air force collided on Tuesday morning while in a training mission.

The agency explained that the two planes crashed over the region allocated for training, and this resulted in their crash and the death of two of their pilots while a third pilot was rescued.

Jordan had bought Spanish "Casa" plane specialized for training in 1980.

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