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French NATO Mirage Aircraft collided with a Lithuanian training plane
L-39 Albatross during an exercise on Tuesday, causing the Lithuanian plane
to crash, the Defence Ministry said. |
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 L-39 Albatross training aircraft Lithuanian Air Force |
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Lithuanian plane fell and the pilot ejected safely on a lake, Putnikeke
said. The French fighter landed without further incident. The incident happened over the Siauliai airbase in northern Lithuania, where the NATO mission is based. The Lithuanian plane crashed in a bog about 16 km from
the base, a spokeswoman for the base said. Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia have been members of the NATO military alliance since 2004, but since none of the three Baltic states has a substantial air force, planes from other NATO nations patrol their skies. The French contingent is due to hand over to Denmark on September 2. |
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 Mirage 2000-C fighter aircraft French Air Force |
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