Crash site of Iran Army's F-4 Phantom II near Chahbahar
Pilot & Co-pilot died when a military jet crashed Chahbahar, a south-eastern
Iranian port-city while on a training mission, local media reported. The jet
crashed was an F-4 Phantom II of IRIAF bought by Tehran from the US before
the 1979 Islamic Revolution. 
IRIAF F-4 Phantom II
The fighter jet, was on a
training mission, crashed near the western border of Pakistan's Balochistan. On Tuesday Tasnim News, an Iranian news agency, reported the news from Ali Asghar Mirshekari, the security and
political deputy to the governor general of Sistan and Baluchestan (Iran)
Province. “Unfortunately a military training aircraft crashed today due to technical problems,” Mirshekari also told state TV. The
pilot and co-pilot both died in the crash, he said. Mirshekari added
the jet belonged to the Iranian Army, while the cause of the crash is
under investigation.
— Hossein Dalirian (@HosseinDalirian) January 12, 2016
Fars news agency reported that a fighter jet had gone down near the
port city of Konarak, in Sistan and Balouchestan province. Fars cited
local sources who witnessed the crash. They also said that both men in
the jet had died. Other reports suggested the plane went down
outside the town of Chabahar, which like Konarak is situated on the
coast of Chabahar Bay, but on the opposite side.
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