Pig Downs Jet on Pakistan Runway
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From Reuters
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The Pakistani air force lost one of its prized American-built F-16 jet fighters in a runway collision with a wild pig, Parliament was told Monday.
A Defense Ministry official said the plane hit a wild boar as it raced down the runway for a night takeoff last Dec. 17.
“The nose gear broke and the aircraft caught fire,” he said.
Diplomats said that officers at the Sargodha base in central Punjab province went on a rampage the next day, slaughtering more than 100 wild pigs.
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