The L-159 fighter plane crashed when returning from a training flight.Prague (ANTARA News/Xinhua-OANA) - A one-seat Czech military plane crashed near Prague on Thursday afternoon, killing the pilot, the military said.
The military spokeswoman Jana Ruzickova said the L-159 fighter plane crashed when returning from a training flight.
The L-159 ALCA is a one-seat, one-engine subsonic combat aircraft manufactured in the Czech Republic.
The Czech military has armed its air force with this model since 2003. In that same year, one of the planes crashed in the Jince military training ground in the central Bohemian region in the country.
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