Dezful, Iran,<\/p>\n
Two Iranian fighter jet pilots were killed on Tuesday when their ejector seats activated before take-off, smashing them into the hangar roof.<\/p>\n
State broadcaster reported the F-5 fighter jet had a ‘technical problem’ that killed both the pilots, identified as Kianoush Basati and Hossein Namni.<\/p>\n
The report said the incident unfolded at Dezful Vahdati Air Force Base, approximately 270 miles south of the capital Tehran, and near the\u00a0Iraq\u00a0border.<\/p>\n
The\u00a0accident happened before the F-5 plane they were in took off from the base in Dezful, the city’s governor Ali Farahmandpour was quoted as saying by state news agency.<\/p>\n
The airbase was closed off and the cause of the\u00a0accident, initially described as “technical”, was being investigated, he added.<\/p>\n
Farahmandpour said there was no “air\u00a0accident\u00a0or crash” and that further details on what happened would be made public after the investigation, according to state television’s website.<\/p>\n
Iran’s armed forces still mainly use aircraft purchased before the country’s 1979 Islamic Revolution, with years of international sanctions making it increasingly difficult to purchase parts for maintenance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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