We will provide additional information as it becomes available,” the US forces-Afghanistan spokesman Col.
While the cause of crash is under investigation, there are no indications the crash was caused by enemy fire. “A US Bombardier E-11A crashed today in Ghazni province, Afghanistan. Menu icon A vertical stack of three evenly spaced horizontal. The US forces in Afghanistan in a statement confirmed the incident. The US Air Force E-11A is a modified version of a popular Canadian private jet built by Bombardier used for long-range luxury travel. The Ministry of Defense said a convoy of Afghan Special Forces had been dispatched to Deh Yak district from Ghazni city, which is 25 kilometers west of the crash site.Īmid confusion about the plane earlier in the day, the Civil Aviation Authority in a statement posted on its Facebook page stated that no local, civilian planes crashed in Ghazni and that all flights were normal on Monday. Afghanistan US Forces spokesman Colonel Sonny Leggett confirmed in a statement that the aircraft was a US Bombardier E-11A, a type of jet used as a military airborne communications node in the region.
The AP said the US military uses the system as “Wi-Fi in the sky,” in areas where communications are otherwise difficult, elevating signals above obstacles like mountains." It is used by the military to extend the range of radio signals and can be used to convert the output of one device to another, such as connecting a radio to a telephone." Air Force electronic surveillance plane, saying: "The so-called Battlefield Airborne Communications Node can be carried on unmanned or crewed aircraft like the E-11A. The AP reported that the Bombardier E-11A is a U.S. TOLOnews earlier referred to the aircraft as a Bombardier Global Express jet, which is a commercial designation of the same aircraft. The aircraft crashed in Deh Yak district in the central province of Ghazni, south of Kabul, on Monday afternoon.įootage seen by TOLOnews taken in Ghazni on Monday showed the burning wreckage of an aircraft with US Air Force markings, and US forces in Afghanistan have confirmed that the aircraft was a US Bombardier E-11A.
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