SAUDI ARABIAN TRAINER JET CRASHES, KILLING CREW

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - A Saudi military trainer aircraft crashed while on a training mission in the northwest of the kingdom, killing the crew, the defence ministry said on Tuesday.

An investigation was opened into the cause of Monday’s crash of the British-manufactured Hawk, the ministry said in a statement carried by the official SPA news agency. It provided no further details of the circumstances of the accident and did not specify how many crew members were on board.