Iraqi army plane crashes, 3 missing: Military source
An Iraqi army aircraft has crashed during a reconnaissance flight near the country’s northern city of Kirkuk with its three crew members reported missing, a source with the Iraqi military says.
The source was quoted by AFP as saying on Wednesday that the Cessna 208 Caravan had crashed due to a “technical problem,” at a location about 220 kilometers (135 miles) north of the capital, Baghdad.
According to the unnamed source, Iraqi authorities have launched a search operation for the missing crew members and the aircraft.
Meanwhile, a statement released by the terrorist Daesh group claimed it had downed a military plane with anti-aircraft artillery, which had been carrying out bombing attacks against the city of Hawijah, a stronghold of the militants in Kirkuk Province.
The recent incident comes as the Iraqi army has been making gains against Daesh Takfiri militants.
In recent days, Iraqi army forces and fighters from Popular Mobilization Units have killed nearly 150 Daesh terrorists in the country’s northern Nineveh and Kirkuk provinces.
The northern and western parts of Iraq have been plagued by violence ever since Daesh Takfiri terrorists began their march through the Iraqi territory in June 2014.
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