{"id":15774,"date":"2016-03-14T13:15:05","date_gmt":"2016-03-14T13:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2016\/03\/14\/uae-mirage-fighter-jet-crashes-over-yemen\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T21:35:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T21:35:34","slug":"uae-mirage-fighter-jet-crashes-over-yemen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/global\/mideast-africa\/2016\/03\/14\/uae-mirage-fighter-jet-crashes-over-yemen\/","title":{"rendered":"UAE Mirage Fighter Jet Crashes Over Yemen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>DUBAI \u2014 A United Arab Emirates fighter jet has crashed in the southern port city of Aden during a combat operation in the early morning hours of Monday,\u00a0killing two pilots.<span class=\"rte rte-comment\">A United Arab Emirates fighter jet has gone missing over Yemen during a combat operation in the early hours of Monday morning.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A statement from the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen\u00a0confirmed that the fighter jet was one of the French-made Dassault Mirage 2000-9s participating in the operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The UAE operates alongside the Mirage 2000-9s F-16 block 60s in their\u00a0Operation Restoring Hope missions\u00a0over Yemen as well as other logistical and transport aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The Supreme Command of the Armed Forces announced today that a fighter jet taking part in the Arab coalition led by Saudi Arabia &#8230; in Yemen was missing,&#8221; a statement on the official WAM news agency said\u00a0Monday afternoon, without giving further details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">the <\/span>a statement released by the coalition, the Mirage crashed \u00a0&#8220;due to a technical fault.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the UAE armed forces, clashes last night and earlier this morning took place in Aden between security forces and al-Qaida militants in the southern capital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A government official told AFP that a coalition jet had carried out an air raid against the home of a local ISIS\u00a0commander at dawn, killing the target&#8217;s 18-year-old son, near the plane crash site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Coalition Apache helicopters were also taking part in the fighting on Monday, security officials said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We saw Apache helicopters fire rockets and open machine gun fire at al-Qaida militants&#8221; in the al-Mansoura district of Aden, one witness told the news agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is the first known case of a UAE jet from the coalition crashing since the campaign began in March last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In December, a Bahraini F-16 crashed in Saudi Arabia due to a &#8220;technical error.&#8221; The pilot was saved and the plane&#8217;s wreckage was found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was the second coalition jet to crash after a Moroccan warplane went down during a mission over Yemen in May. 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