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Air force jet crashes in Sri Lanka
(Updated at 1130 PST)
COLOMBO: A Sri Lanka air force jet crashed shortly after takeoff from a base near Colombo on Wednesday but there were no reports of casualties.
The pilot of the Ukrainian-made MiG-27 swing-wing type jet managed to eject to safety before the aircraft crashed into a lagoon, an air force official said.
The air force has only carrried out training missions since the government and the rebels entered a Norwegian-brokered truce in February 2002.
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June 9, 2004 at 12:58 pm