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Iran Military Jet MiG-29 Crashes Near Dormant Volcano: State Media

The jet used to be a MiG-29 on a take a look at flight after being overhauled (Representational)

Tehran:

An Iranian defense drive fighter jet crashed on Wednesday end to a dormant volcano in the northwest of the nation, real media reported.

Tell news agency IRNA said the jet went down at 9: 00 am (0530 GMT) end to Mount Sabalan, in the Lesser Caucasus fluctuate, and used to be a MiG-29 on a take a look at flight after being overhauled.

Newbie video pictures printed on the social media accounts of rather a couple of media outlets in Iran gave the impression to expose smoke rising above snow-capped peaks.

A search and rescue operation used to be launched for the airplane and its crew.

"Following the crash of a defense drive airplane in Ardabil (province), helicopter and rescue groups were despatched to the state," Iran's Red Crescent said in an announcement on its internet page.

Iran's third-best peak, Mount Sabalan, aspects a crater that turns proper into a lake at certain instances of the 365 days.