Two pilots missing after military plane crashes in Vietnam


A Yak-130 aircraft in Bac Giang Province in northern Vietnam, November 2023. - Photo: VnExpress file

HANOI: Two Vietnamese air force pilots are missing after parachuting from a Russian-made Yak-130 light combat training aircraft that crashed on Wednesday (Nov 6) morning in the central province of Binh Dinh, Vietnam's defence ministry said in a statement.

The accident happened when the pilots were trying to land in difficult weather conditions, the ministry said.

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