Saudi trainer jet crashes, killing crew

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RIYADH, Oct 16, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – A Saudi military trainer aircraft crashed
while on a training mission in the northwest of the kingdom, killing the
crew, the defence ministry said on Tuesday.

An investigation was opened into the cause of Monday’s crash of the
British-manufactured Hawk, the ministry said in a statement carried by the
official SPA news agency.

It provided no further details of the circumstances of the accident and
did not specify how many crew were on board.