{"id":336643,"date":"2011-03-25T00:36:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-25T00:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/25\/french-jet-%e2%80%98destroys-libya-plane%e2%80%99\/"},"modified":"2011-03-25T00:36:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-25T00:36:00","slug":"french-jet-destroys-libya-plane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/25\/french-jet-destroys-libya-plane\/","title":{"rendered":"French jet \u2018destroys Libya plane\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"79\">\n<p><span>French warplanes have destroyed a Libyan plane which had been flying in breach of the UN no-fly zone, French officials say.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The plane, a smaller trainer aircraft, had just landed in the besieged city of Misrata when it was attacked, they say.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It is the first incident of its kind since enforcement of the zone began.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Dozens of coalition missiles have already hit military bases, with the aim of ending Col Muammar Gaddafi\u2019s ability to launch air attacks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>UK officials said on Wednesday that Libya\u2019s air force no longer existed as a fighting force.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Coalition forces have pounded Libyan targets for a fifth consecutive night.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Initial reports of the French action said the Libyan plane, a G-2\/Galeb with a single engine, was in the air when it was hit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>But French military spokesman Col Thierry Burkhard later said the plane had just landed when the attack took place.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The French jet, a Rafale, fired an air-to-ground missile, other reports said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Earlier, the French military said their planes had hit an air base about 250km (155 miles) south of the Libyan coastline, but did not give any further information on the location of the target or the damage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Western military planes were also said to have hit the town of Sebha in southern Libya, according to residents and media reports.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Fresh fighting has meanwhile been reported in Misrata, scene of a bitter battle for control which has lasted for many days.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Misrata resident Muhammad told the BBC many large explosions were heard overnight in the city.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/a0ae6fc0thumbnail.php_21.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read the original post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thenationonlineng.net\/web3\/news\/31792.html\" title=\"French jet \u2018destroys Libya plane\u2019\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">French jet \u2018destroys Libya plane\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> French warplanes have destroyed a Libyan plane which had been flying in breach of the UN no-fly zone, French officials say. The plane, a smaller trainer aircraft, had just landed in the besieged city of Misrata when it was attacked, they say. It is the first incident of its kind since enforcement of the zone began. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-336643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>French jet \u2018destroys Libya plane\u2019 - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/25\/french-jet-destroys-libya-plane\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"French jet \u2018destroys Libya plane\u2019 - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"French warplanes have destroyed a Libyan plane which had been flying in breach of the UN no-fly zone, French officials say. 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