1st LD: Fighter jet falls due to technical issue, pilot survives: Egypt's army

CAIRO, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) -- A fighter jet fell during a training flight due to a technical issue and its pilot has survived the accident, Egyptian military spokesman said in a statement on Saturday.

"A fighter jet has fallen during training flight in one of the training areas due to a technical defect in the control devices, and the pilot has survived the accident," Egyptian military spokesman Tamer al-Refaie said in the statement.

The Egyptian statement did not mention further information, but Russia's Sputnik news agency said the jet that belongs to the Egyptian armed forces is a MiG-29M made by Russia's United Aircraft Corporation (UAC). Enditem