F-16 Warplane Crash - Search-Rescue Efforts Continue

YAYLACIK - Teams are searching for the wreckage of the F-16 warplane which crashed near Tavsanli town of western Kutahya province after it took off from Main Jet Base in northwestern Balikesir province on Friday.
Sources told the A.A correspondent that search-rescue efforts which started after the warplane disappeared from the radar were intensified in Yaylacik region near Tavsanli.
Heavy snowfall and fog negatively affect search-rescue efforts. Teams could not reach wreckage of the warplane and the pilot yet.
Besides teams of Turkish Air Forces, many search-rescue teams came to the region. Forest guard personnel and villagers also participate in search efforts.
(EÖ-MS) 16.01.2004