Iranian fighter jet crashes, three killed: state TV

Author: AFP/APP

Tehran: An Iranian fighter jet crashed Monday in a residential area of the northwestern city of Tabriz killing three people, including two crew, state television reported.

The head of the local Red Crescent organization said the plane smashed into a school and that one of the dead was a resident of the neighborhood. Local official Mohammad-Bagher Honarvar told state television that the school was closed at the time due to the coronavirus pandemic.

He identified the plane as an F-5 fighter aircraft and said it went down at around 9:00 am (0530 GMT) in the central Tabriz neighborhood of Monajem. An investigation is underway, the state broadcaster said.

The official news agency IRNA posted on its website video footage showing firefighters putting out a blaze at the crash site.

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