In 1988, during the Second Sudanese Civil War (1983-2005), a MiG-23MS crashed in Jalle Payam near Kolmarek. SPLA Radio reported at the time that the jet had suffered from a technical fault. It was sometimes later reported that the plane had been brought down by the SPLA. The aircraft's pilot, a second lieutenant from Benghazi, Libya, was captured by people living near the crash site and turned over to the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA). The pilot and his aircraft were held out by the SPLA as "concrete evidence" of foreign involvement in the Second Sudanese Civil War.