12 killed in Chinese military plane crash: Report
At least 12 crew members of a Chinese military aircraft were killed when it crashed during a training exercise early this week, a media report said today.
The People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force has confirmed that an aircraft crashed in the southwestern province during a training exercise on Monday.
At least a dozen crew members were killed in the fatal crash, Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post reported today quoting Chinese Air Force.
The crashed aircraft was a new type of refuelling plane modified from the air force's Y-8 transport aircraft, it said.
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First Published: Feb 01 2018 | 8:05 PM IST