Tripoli Bombarded As US Warplane Ditches
Sky NewsMarch 22, 2011
Libya’s capital Tripoli has been bombarded for a third night as a US warplane crashed and UK Typhoon jets took part in their first-ever combat mission.
Loud explosions – some reportedly near Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s compound – and anti-aircraft fire could be heard across the capital as coalition fighter jets targeted the Libyan leader’s defences.
It has also emerged that a US Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle ditched near the rebel-held city of Benghazi just after midnight local time.
A US military spokesman said the jet suffered mechanical failure and was not brought down by enemy fire. Both crew members ejected and sustained minor injuries.
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