TEHRAN – Iranian Air Force Fighter Jet crashes near Persian Gulf, Iranianstate media has reported.
Iranian fighter jet has gone down in the south of the country near thePersian Gulf, with two pilots surviving the crash.
The state-run IRNA news agency quoted a local official as saying the crashwas caused by a technical problem. Abdolhossein Rafipour, the governor ofTangestan, says the plane went down near the coastal town at 12:30 localtime (1330 IST).
The purpose of Sunday’s flight was not immediately clear. Regular patrolflights are common in the region.
Read Top Stories
Iran’s air force has an assortment of US-made military aircraft purchasedbefore the 1979 Islamic Revolution. It also has Russian-made MiG and Sukhoiplanes. Decades of Western sanctions have made it hard to maintain theageing fleet.
