U-2 Crashes in United Arab Emirates

By Bradley Graham

Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, June 23, 2005; Page A20

An Air Force U-2 spy plane returning from a nine-hour reconnaissance mission over Afghanistan crashed in predawn darkness yesterday in the United Arab Emirates, and the pilot died, military officials said.

The cause of the crash could not be immediately determined, the officials said. But a senior military officer familiar with preliminary internal reports said there were no indications of hostile fire.