CNN - Stealth fighter shot down over Yugoslavia (1999)
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[0:02] This is CNN.
[0:08] [Music]
[0:20] Burning wreckage filled the screen on
[0:22] Serbian television as Yugoslavia claims
[0:25] it has shot down a NATO plane during
[0:27] Operation Allied Force. And while Bgrade
[0:30] is talking, NATO is not.
[0:33] Thanks for joining us in our special
[0:35] report on the strike against Yugoslavia.
[0:37] I'm Joey Stan at CNN Center in Atlanta
[0:40] and I'm Frank SNO in Washington. Over
[0:42] the next hour during our special report,
[0:44] we will look at the reported downing of
[0:46] a US plane about 30 miles west of
[0:49] Belgrade. We will have reports from CNN
[0:51] correspondents in the Balkans, at NATO
[0:54] headquarters, and at the Pentagon. And
[0:56] we'll look at other problems in Kosovo.
[0:58] the alleged growing atrocities against
[1:00] ethnic Albanians and the stream of
[1:02] refugees. We begin with the latest on
[1:05] that NATO plane. Serbian television has
[1:08] been showing what it claims is a stealth
[1:10] F17A
[1:12] Nighthawk from Hollowan Air Force Base
[1:14] in New Mexico shot down by Yugoslav
[1:16] forces. The plane reportedly went down
[1:19] about 6 hours ago. The location and the
[1:22] status of the pilot from the oneperson
[1:24] plane is unknown. The Yugoslav
[1:27] government says a manh hunt is underway.
[1:30] The reported downing came during the
[1:32] fourth day of Operation Allied Force.
[1:36] This incident reportedly occurred about
[1:38] 30 m 40 kilometers west of Belgrade.
[1:41] CNN's Brent Sabler is in the Yugoslav
[1:43] capital. Joins us now again by
[1:44] telephone. Brent, thanks Jerry. The
[1:47] Yuguslav authorities claim the F-17
[1:50] stealth fighter was shot down over the
[1:53] uh area about 30 mi west of Belgrade
[1:57] some 6 hours ago. The pilot, as you sa