The World : Chinese Plane Intercepted
South Korean jets intercepted an intruding Chinese military plane and were escorting it to an airport when it ran out of fuel and crashed near the city of Iri, about 110 miles south of Seoul, South Korean officials said. The navigator and a farmer in a rice paddy where the plane crashed were killed. The pilot was seriously injured. The third crewman, a radioman, was not hurt. It was not immediately known if the crew of the plane, a Soviet-designed Ilyushin IL-28, were attempting to defect.
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