A Vietnamese pilot was killed in a fighter jet crash in Vietnam on Tuesday, state media reported.
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A Vietnamese pilot was killed in a fighter jet crash in Vietnam on Tuesday, state media reported.
The Su-22 aircraft crashed while landing Tuesday noon in Yen Bai Province, Vietnam News Agency (VNA) reported.
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Thirty-one-year-old captain Tran Ngoc Duy was ordered to parachute but he tried to save the aircraft. However, the plane crashed, killing the pilot, Xinhua News Agency reported quoting the VNA.
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The Ministry of Defence has directed Air Defence-Air Force and relevant agencies to investigate the cause of the accident, according to the news report.
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