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(A)manda Parkinson

War games resume as Italian jet crash recovery starts

Air Commodore Pete Robinson says the fighter crash did not involve any other planes. ((A)manda Parkinson/AAP PHOTOS)

Remnants of an Italian military jet are being recovered from a remote area south of Darwin after a pilot had a narrow escape during a major military training exercise.

RAAF Air Commodore Pete Robinson said preliminary investigations showed there was an "issue" with the Eurofighter 2000 Typhoon and Wednesday's crash during the biennial Exercise Pitch Black event did not involve another plane.

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