An Israeli Air Force plane crashed some 30 minutes after taking off from a military air base in southern Israel Wednesday afternoon, killing a flight instructor and his 19-year-old student, the military said according to Radio of Israel monitored in Riyadh. The plane was an Israeli Zukit, a military spokesman in the occupied Al-Quds said. The student was identified as private Ilan Carmi from central Israel. The spokesman said search-and-rescue forces were called to the scene. Witnesses told Israeli media that they found parts of the plane dispersed across 200 metres, with two bodies lying nearby. The cause of the accident was not immediately known. Israeli Air Force Commander Major General Udi Nahushtan has appointed a committee to investigate the crash, the spokesman said.
