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Algeria fighter jet crashes during night training exercise, 2 killed

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Algiers, Jan 28: An Algerian fighter jet has crashed on a night training exercise in the east of the North African country killing both of its crew, the defence ministry said Tuesday.

An investigation has been opened into why the Russian-built Sukhoi Su-30 fighter crashed late on Monday 400 kilometres (250 miles) from the capital Algiers.

Algeria fighter jet crash during night training exercise, 2 killed

The plane "crashed... in an unpopulated area near the village of Ain Zitoun in Oum El Bouaghi district", the ministry said.

There have been a number of accidents involving Algerian military aircraft in recent years that left hundreds dead.

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In April 2018, an Ilyushin Il-76 heavy transport aircraft crashed south of Algiers with the loss of all 257 people on board, most of them military personnel, in the deadliest air accident in Algerian history.

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