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A U.S. fighter jet went down in Libya after experiencing an equipment malfunction, according to CNN. However, crew members ejected safely and are now out of Libya and in U.S. hands said a senior defense official on Tuesday.

A pilot and weapons officer had flown an F-15E Strike Eagle from Aviano Air Base in Italy to Libya when the fighter experienced problems.

A plane crash in Honduras killed the 12 passengers and two pilots aboard the flight; three were American. According to CNN, the small passenger aircraft flew into a mountain south of Honduras' capital this morning.  

The Honduran civil aviation department said the Central American Airways plane crashed at approximately 8 a.m.

Work began Tuesday to recover the bodies from the remains of a small plane that crashed in a Wyoming mountain range, according to the Associated Press. Searchers say there are no survivors of the crash that occurred over a week ago.

A search team found the plane late Monday about 11,000 feet up a steep mountainside in the Wind River Range, the Fremont County Sheriff’s Department said.

Two subway stations in Central Moscow were bombed during rush hour this morning by two female suicide bombers.   According to CNN, Russian investigators believe the Chechen rebels are behind the attacks.  Alexander Bortnikov of the Federal Security Service said that although the Chechen rebels have not taken responsibility, the preliminary findings show that the bombers were from the North Caucasus region.