{"id":328930,"date":"2011-03-22T11:34:49","date_gmt":"2011-03-22T11:34:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/22\/us-warplane-crash-lands-in-libya\/"},"modified":"2011-03-22T11:34:49","modified_gmt":"2011-03-22T11:34:49","slug":"us-warplane-crash-lands-in-libya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/22\/us-warplane-crash-lands-in-libya\/","title":{"rendered":"US warplane crash-lands in Libya"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"71.1354309166\">\n        \t\t  <span><br \/>\n    <span>22 March 2011<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Last updated at <\/span><span>07:34 ET<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <!-- Adding hypertab --><\/p>\n<p><!-- end of hypertab --><!--  Embedding the video player --><!--  This is the embedded player component --><\/p>\n<div readability=\"32\">\n<div>\n<div readability=\"7\">\n                                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"holding\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/bd372b994332_de24-1.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"A Gaddafi loyalist and her child\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Please turn on JavaScript.<\/strong> Media requires JavaScript to play.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <!-- embedding script --><\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <!-- companion banner --> <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<!-- END - companion banner --><!-- caption --><\/p>\n<p>Allan Little on another night of explosions and anti-aircraft fire in Tripoli<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<!-- END - caption -->\n        <\/div>\n<p><!-- end of the embedded player component --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Player embedded -->                      <\/p>\n<p>A US warplane has crash-landed in Libya, a US military spokesman says.<\/p>\n<p>The spokesman, Kenneth Fiddler, told the BBC there was no indication the F-15E Eagle had been brought down by hostile fire.<\/p>\n<p>Both crew members ejected safely after what was believed to be a mechanical failure, US officials say.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Telegraph newspaper says the plane went down near the rebel stronghold of Benghazi. It follows a third night of allied air strikes.<\/p>\n<p>The BBC&#8217;s Allan Little in Tripoli says the sky above the capital lit up with anti-aircraft fire again.<\/p>\n<p>Our correspondent heard one loud explosion nearby and several distant rumbles much further afield.  AFP news agency reported that a blast was heard near Col Gaddafi&#8217;s Bab al-Aziziya compound.<\/p>\n<p>Libyan state television reported that the capital was &#8220;under crusader enemy aerial bombardment&#8221; and that several sites had been attacked.<\/p>\n<p>The Libyan authorities said a naval base at Bussetta, about 10km (six miles) east of Tripoli, and a fishing village were also hit by air strikes.<\/p>\n<p>Libyan government spokesman Moussa Ibrahim said Monday&#8217;s air and missile strikes had caused &#8220;numerous&#8221; civilian casualties, especially at the &#8220;civilian airport&#8221; in Sirte.<\/p>\n<p>Fighting between Col Gaddafi&#8217;s forces and the rebels has also continued, despite the declaration of a ceasefire by the government.<\/p>\n<p>A doctor in Misrata &#8211; the last rebel-held city in western Libya &#8211; told the BBC that residents had suffered another night of shelling by government forces. &#8220;Our clinic is full of patients,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>There are also reports of continued fighting in Zintan, near the Tunisian border.<\/p>\n<p>In the east, troops loyal to the Libyan leader opened fire with tanks, beating back an advance by opposition fighters outside Ajdabiya. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Read the original post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/go\/rss\/int\/news\/-\/news\/world-africa-12816226\" title=\"US warplane crash-lands in Libya\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">US warplane crash-lands in Libya<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 22 March 2011 Last updated at 07:34 ET Please turn on JavaScript. 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