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Bangladesh air force plane crashes, kills 2 pilots

An official says an air force training plane has crashed outside an airport in southern Bangladesh, killing both pilots on board.

Updated on: Dec 21, 2010, 07:37:05 IST
AP | By , Dhaka
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An official says an air force training plane has crashed outside an airport in southern Bangladesh, killing both pilots on board.

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The small plane crashed into a tree on Monday just outside the airport in Barisal. That's 75 miles (120 kilometers) south of capital of Dhaka.

Airport official Hamid Gazi says police have recovered the bodies of the two pilots from the wreckage of the plane. No one else was aboard.

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