Iranian military jet fighter crashed in a residential area.Tehran: An Iranian fighter jet crashed Monday in a residential area of the northwestern city of Tabriz killing three people, including two crew, state television reported.The head of the local Red Crescent organisation said the plane smashed into a school and that one of the dead was a resident of the neighbourhood.Local official Mohammad-Bagher Honarvar told state television that the school was closed at the time due to the coronavirus pandemic.He identified the plane as a F-5 fighter aircraft and said it went down at around 9:00 am (0530 GMT) in the central Tabriz neighbourhood of Monajem.An investigation is underway, the state broadcaster said.The official news agency IRNA posted on its website video footage showing firefighters putting out a blaze at the crash site.Iran’s airforce has mostly Russian MiG and Sukhoi fighter jets that date back to the Soviet era, as well as some Chinese aircraft.Some American F-4 and F-5 fighter jets dating back to before the 1979 Islamic revolution are also part of its air fleet.(This story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
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