Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara said the wreckage and the body of the pilot were recovered.

纳纳亚·卡拉将军说，飞机的残骸和飞行员的尸体已经被寻获。

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Military spokesman Udaya Nanayakkara says the army's final assault will only take place after civilians trapped with the rebels have been freed.

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Military spokesman Udaya Nanayakkara says the army is now less than a kilometer away from a safe zone, which was set up to protect civilians inside rebel-controlled territory.

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Sri Lanka's military spokesman, Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara, blamed the rebels for the crater damage.

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Udaya Nanayakkara, the army's spokesman, said 1, 057 civilians had later made it out with the bodies of the dead.

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The government has designated a "safe zone" for civilians but military spokesman Brig Udaya Nanayakkara said troops were "closing into the safe zone in certain areas".

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