Turkey's defence ministry says a military plane has crashed during training, killing its two pilots
A military plane crashed during training on Tuesday, killing its two pilots on board, Turkey’s defence ministry announced.
The SF-260D training plane crashed into an agricultural field in central Turkey, after taking off from an Air Force base near the city of Kayseri.
The defence ministry said the cause of the crash remains unknown. The state-run Anadolu Agency reported that authorities have initiated an investigation.
Television footage captured black smoke rising from the wreckage of the plane among the crops in the field.
