HANOI, June 24 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam on Friday confirmed that SU-30 fighter jet and CASA aircraft crashed in waters off the country's central and northern coasts.
One of the two pilots on the former and all nine crew members of the latter were killed during the two accidents, said a statement issued on Friday by the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of Vietnam and the Ministry of Defense, on initial result of the search and rescue for the SU-30 fighter and CASA aircraft.
Specifically, last Tuesday, while going on training mission, a SU-30 fighter of Vietnam's air defense-air force crashed in waters off central Nghe An province.
Two pilots on board, namely Tran Quang Khai and Nguyen Huu Cuong, dropped out of the fighter by parachuting. Last Wednesday, Cuong was rescued by local fishermen while Khai's body was found last Friday.
Last Thursday, while carrying out searching mission for the SU-30 jet and Tran Quang Khai in waters off northern Vietnam, the CASA aircraft with nine people aboard crashed as flying over Vietnam's northern Hai Phong City's Bach Long Vi island.
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