A US warplane has crashed in Libya after an apparent mechanical failure and its pilot was rescued by rebels, a report has said.
|||London - A US warplane has crashed in a Libyan field after an apparent mechanical failure and its pilot has been rescued by rebels, Britain's Daily Telegraph newspaper reported on its website on Tuesday.
The plane is an F-15E Eagle, the Telegraph added in a report from a correspondent on the ground in Libya.
“Just found a crashed US warplane in a field. believe a mechanical failure brought it down,” Telegraph correspondent Rob Crilly said on the Twitter micro-blogging site.
“Came down late last night. Crew believed safe,” Crilly added in subsequent tweets.
Western forces carried out a third night of air raids overnight aimed at protecting civilians from forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. - Reuters
Source: http://www.iol.co.za/us-warplane-crashes-in-libya-1.1045358
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