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The pilot of an Algerian military plane was killed in the crash of his aircraft during a training flight in northwestern Algeria on Monday evening March 28, announced the Ministry of Defense.
The combat aircraft, a Russian-made MIG 29, crashed “due to a technical failure that occurred directly after takeoff from the Bousfer air base” in the Oran region, the ministry said in a statement. communicated. The captain and his co-pilot managed to eject but the first succumbed to his injuries in hospital, according to the same source.
Army Chief of Staff General Said Chanegriha has ordered an investigation to elucidate the causes of the crash, the statement added. The last such accident in Algeria dates back to December 2020 when three naval force officers perished in the crash of their helicopter off the Tipaza region, near Algiers.
