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U.S. jet accident kills 5 in Kuwait
KUWAIT CITY (CNN) -- A U.S. warplane on a training exercise accidentally dropped a bomb on a group of people Monday in Kuwait, killing four Americans and a New Zealander, the Pentagon said. A U.S. Navy F-18 fighter jet dropped the bomb during an exercise involving U.S., Kuwaiti and British jets at a bombing range in northwest Kuwait, the Pentagon said. Those killed were acting as military observers. The jet was flying from the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman at the time of the incident.
The accident happened Monday evening during a joint Kuwaiti-British-U.S. air exercise called "Intrinsic Action" near the Al Udairi firing range in a desert 31 miles south of Iraqi border, according to reports from Kuwait. Parked vehicles used as guides for aircraft participating in the exercise were hit in the accident, the reports said. RELATED STORIES: Navy set to say if it can raise Japanese ship RELATED SITES:
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