October 18, 2002	Friday	Sha'aban 11, 1423

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SUKKUR, Oct 17: An unmanned United States spy plane crashed on Thursday near Mir Mohammad village at Makhan Wah, some 20km from the Jacobabad airbase.

The aircraft, the second to crash within the past three months, was on a routine surveillance mission.

The area was cordoned off by the army and rangers and the debris was transported to the base. The cause of the crash could not be ascertained.

AFP ADDS: “The information I have so far is that an unmanned US surveillance plane has crashed near the Shahbaz airbase,” air force spokesman Air Commodore Qadeer Ahmed said.