{"id":198820,"date":"2016-03-14T14:11:09","date_gmt":"2016-03-14T14:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=198820"},"modified":"2016-03-14T14:11:09","modified_gmt":"2016-03-14T14:11:09","slug":"two-uae-pilots-killed-as-jet-crashes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/03\/two-uae-pilots-killed-as-jet-crashes\/","title":{"rendered":"Two UAE pilots killed as jet crashes"},"content":{"rendered":"
Two Emirati pilots were killed when their fighter jet crashed during a mission against Houthi rebels in Yemen, the Saudi-led coalition has said.<\/p>\n
A coalition statement said the plane had suffered a technical failure.<\/p>\n
The UAE is part of the coalition which has been carrying out air strikes since March 2015 in support of ousted President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi.<\/p>\n
It is the first known loss of an Emirati jet in the conflict in which some 6,000 people have been killed.<\/p>\n
About half of the deaths have been civilian, the UN says.
\nThe plane crashed in a mountainous area near the southern city of Aden, local officials and witnesses said.
\nThe UAE Air Force operates both F-16 and Mirage 2000 fighter jets.<\/p>\n
In December, a Bahraini F-16 crashed in Saudi Arabia due to a “technical error”, while in May a Moroccan warplane came down over Yemen.<\/p>\n
Both jets were taking part in the Saudi-led campaign in Yemen, codenamed Operation Restoring Hope.
\nThe UN has criticised both the coalition campaign and the Houthis over the scale of civilian casualties.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Two Emirati pilots were killed when their fighter jet crashed during a mission against Houthi rebels in Yemen, the Saudi-led coalition has said. A coalition statement said the plane had suffered a technical failure. The UAE is part of the coalition which has been carrying out air strikes since March 2015 in support of ousted […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[107],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n