Close-up of debris from the plane crash site in Nghe An
Tien Hung - Contributor•DNUM_CGZAHZCABI 18:45
(Baonghean.vn) - Hundreds of people including the army, police and local authorities are carrying out rescue work at the military plane crash in Nghe An. Many pieces of debris were found on the hill.
(Baonghean.vn) - A military plane crashed in Dua village, Nghia Yen commune, Nghia Dan district, about 100km from Vinh city; according to information, 2 pilots were killed.
The hill in Lang Dua, Nghia Yen commune, where the SU22 military plane crashed at noon on July 26.
At that time, people heard a loud explosion and ran out to see the plane crash.
Many pieces of the plane were found in the early afternoon of July 26. Photo: CTV
Mr. Hoang Van Phuc, Chairman of Nghia Yen Commune, said: "The plane's fuselage was broken into many pieces. The location where the plane crashed was mountainous and there were no houses." Photo: Contributor
Debris was scattered across the hill. Photo: CTV.
According to the Ministry of National Defense's Information Portal, the Su-22U aircraft, number 8551 of the 921st Air Regiment, 371st Division, Air Defense - Air Force, was on a training flight and lost contact at 11:35 a.m. The aircraft then crashed. Photo: CTV
Two training pilots died, including: Lieutenant Colonel Khuat Manh Tri, Deputy Regiment Commander, Chief of Staff of Air Force Regiment 921, born in 1978; hometown: Le Loi ward, Son Tay town, Hanoi city; Senior Lieutenant Colonel Pham Giang Nam, Flight Commander of Air Force Regiment 921, born in 1972; hometown: Thuy Binh, Thai Thuy, Thai Binh. Photo: Contributor
Many people in Nghia Yen commune said that at noon, they heard a loud explosion and thought it was a plane practicing bombing. However, when they saw a fire on the mountain, they knew it was a plane crash. Many people ran up the mountain in the rain to rescue the two pilots, but they had already died. Many people picked up debris around the area and handed it over to the authorities. Photo: Contributor.
On the afternoon of July 26, following the direction of the Ministry of National Defense, the Military Region 4 Command set up a working group led by Colonel Nguyen Phuong Hoa, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Military Region to go to the scene to verify the incident. The Department of Rescue and Relief (Ministry of National Defense), the Air Defense - Air Force also set up a working group to go to Nghe An. Forces from the Military Command of Nghe An province and Nghia Dan district were also present to assist in the rescue. Mr. Vi Van Dinh - Secretary of Nghia Dan District Party Committee said that after receiving the information, the local authorities of the district and people of Nghia Yen commune worked with functional forces to protect the scene, coordinate the search and rescue in an urgent and responsible manner. Photo: Contributor.
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