Breaking News on the BBC Web site (1154Z).
US spy plane crashes in SW Asia
A US Air Force U-2 spy plane has crashed in south-west Asia, the US military has said.
The crash occurred at 2330 GMT on Tuesday, according to a short written statement from US Central Command.
It gave no further details of the plane's mission and said the cause of the crash and the condition of the pilot were currently unknown.
The U-2 is a high-altitude surveillance aircraft first developed in the Cold War and manned by a single pilot.
[Edited to apologise to SSS for posting the same thing 1 min later - you must be using 2 fingers to type!!]