Supersonic jet test kangaroos out of control in outback crash

A TEST launch of what Japanese scientists hope will be the next generation of supersonic jet failed spectacularly yesterday in the Australian desert.

The superjet, a 1:10 scale model of a plane that would be able to fly twice as fast as the Concorde, dived then exploded on the ground seconds after take-off at a long-abandoned British rocket testing range in South Australia.

“It spiralled in the sky and then crashed into the ground in flames,” photographer Mark Baker said.