A Nigerian military jet crashed into fields near a farming village in the north of the country Wednesday, killing at least one of its pilots, witnesses and officials said.
The aircraft crashed outside Yarkanya at around 12.45 am (2345 GMT Tuesday) after appearing to lose control before clipping a tree and bursting into flames, 40-year-old farmer Isa Musa told AFP.
No-one was hurt on the ground. A worker at Kano airport told AFP that two pilots had been killed in the crash. The Nigerian airforce's French-built Alpha-Jet trainer seats two, although it is yet to be confirmed what type of 'plane was involved.