Israeli Air Force plane crashes in southern Israel, two killed

Riyadh, October 22, SPA -- An Israeli Air Force plane crashed some 30
minutes after taking off from a military air base in southern Israel
Wednesday afternoon, killing a flight instructor and his 19-year-old
student, the military said according to Radio of Israel monitored in
Riyadh.

The plane was an Israeli Zukit, a military spokesman in the
occupied Al-Quds said. The student was identified as private Ilan
Carmi from central
Israel.

The spokesman said search-and-rescue forces were called to the
scene. Witnesses told Israeli media that they found parts of the
plane dispersed across 200 metres, with two bodies lying nearby.

The cause of the accident was not immediately known. Israeli Air
Force Commander Major General Udi Nahushtan has appointed a committee
to investigate the crash, the spokesman said.
--SPA