Yemeni fighter jet crashes in Sanaa
- 11 years ago
This is the site of a deadly air crash in Yemen's capital Sanaa.
A Yemeni air force plane slammed into a residential area of the city on Tuesday, killing at least 11 people and injuring 15 others.
The country's Ministry of Defense said the plane had been on a training flight when the accident happened.
The pilot was reported to have ejected from the doomed aircraft- a Soviet Sukhoi SU-22 fighter/ground attack jet.
Yemen has 30 SU-22 warplanes in its air force, out of a total of 79 active aircraft.
A Yemeni air force plane slammed into a residential area of the city on Tuesday, killing at least 11 people and injuring 15 others.
The country's Ministry of Defense said the plane had been on a training flight when the accident happened.
The pilot was reported to have ejected from the doomed aircraft- a Soviet Sukhoi SU-22 fighter/ground attack jet.
Yemen has 30 SU-22 warplanes in its air force, out of a total of 79 active aircraft.