Military plane crashes in western Turkey, 2 pilots killed
Two pilots have been killed when a Turkish military plane crashed in western Turkey during a training mission.
Turkey's military said in a statement that the SF-260D light trainer plane crashed on Friday shortly after it took off from Cigli air base near the western port city of Izmir.
The wreckage of the stricken plane and the bodies of the pilots were found some three kilometers north of the base.
According to the statement, an investigation is underway to find out the cause of the crash.
Emergency and police vehicles were present at the crash site.
On January 17, two pilots and a technician were killed when a Turkish military cargo plane crashed in the southwestern province of Isparta. The jet was also on a training flight when it went down.
In December last year, a Turkish warplane crashed close to an airport in the city of Diyarbakir in southeastern Turkey but the pilot survived after he had safely ejected from the fighter jet.
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