NATO aircraft crashes in Kosovo, two pilots survive

Associated Press, May 24, 2006 4:41 PM

PRISTINA, Serbia-Montenegro-A NATO military airplane crashed in Kosovo late Wednesday, but two pilots onboard survived, NATO-led peacekeepers and police said.

The small military aircraft crashed in the village of Mazgit, some 8 kilometers (5 miles) north of the province's capital, Pristina, and the main airport nearby, said Col. Pio Sabetta, a spokesman for the NATO-led peacekeeping force, knows as KFOR.