HANOI: A military jet fighter crashed in northern Vietnam on Thursday, killing two servicemen on board, a local official said.
“It crashed in a hilly area in Nghĩa Đàn District around lunch time,” an official with the district told Reuters. Nghĩa Đàn District is located in Nghệ An Province, around 300 kilometres (186 miles) south of Hanoi.
The official, who did not want to be named, said no one on the ground was hurt in the crash.
State media reports said the jet fighter, a Russian-built Su-22, was on a training mission.
The accident happened shortly after the aircraft took off from Thọ Xuân Airport in the nearby province of Thanh Hóa, reported the online newspaper VietnamNet.
“It’s not clear yet why it crashed,” the official said.