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Five dead in Venezuelan military plane crash: ministry
by AFP Staff Writers
Caracas (AFP) Nov 6, 2022

Five members of the Venezuelan military died Sunday when their plane crashed during a training mission, authorities in the South American country said.

The C-208B aircraft "fell to the ground" 3 kilometers (1.9 miles) from the Jose Antonio Paez air base, in Venezuela's southern Amazonas state, Defense Minister General Vladimir Padrino Lopez said in a statement.

"So far, four lifeless bodies have been rescued and the search continues for the fifth," he added.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro "has ordered an inquiry to determine the possible causes of the incident" and "provide all the necessary support to the relatives of the deceased," the statement said.

Amazonas Governor Miguel Rodriguez tweeted that his state "is in mourning. Sadness overwhelms us," adding that "unfortunately there were no survivors."

He said the plane belonged to the Bolivarian Aviation Group 9, which assists Indigenous communities in the state's dense jungle region.

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Myanmar takes delivery of Russian fighter jets: monitor
Bangkok (AFP) Nov 4, 2022
Myanmar's military has begun taking delivery of a batch of Russian-made combat jets, a monitoring group said Friday, the latest hardware shipped from Moscow as rights campaigners accuse the junta of hitting civilians with air strikes. In 2018 under the civilian government of Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar's military purchased six Sukhoi Su-30s from Russia, according to Russian state media reports. Satellite data, reports from flight spotters and a closed source have "now confidently confirmed" the pr ... read more

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