Fighter jets collide

Beijing: Two Chinese air force fighter jets collided today over the northern Inner Mongolia region and crashed into an inhabited area, state media reported. The J-8 fighters collided near the regional capital, Hohhot, on a training mission, the Xinhua News Agency reported. Both pilots ejected and parachuted to safety, suffering only minor injuries, it said. It said both planes crashed in inhabited areas, but gave no word of any casualties on the ground. The planes are a model dating from the 1960s designed to intercept Soviet and American bombers. — AP