Six die as stunt jet hits building
NZPA-Reuter Guayaquil An Ecuadorean Air Force jet doing stunt manoeuvres at an air show yesterday crashed into a residential neighbourhood, killing five people on the ground and the pilot, an airport spokesman said. The jet fighter, said to be an Israeli-built Kfir craft, slammed into a two-storey apartment building. Witnesses said the pilot was unable to recover from an inverted loop before hitting the ground. Flames from the impact engulfed five adjoining structures, the witnesses said. After firemen put out the fire, rescue crews removed five bodies from the ruins of the buildings. The pilot’s body was found strapped into the cockpit of the Air Force plane, the witnesses said.
The jet fighter had been doing stunts as part of an air show celebrating the sixty-ninth anniversary of the founding of the Ecuadorean Air Force.
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