2 pilots found safe after military training aircraft crash in central Vietnam
Thursday, November 07, 2024, 14:44 GMT+7
Rescuers located and saved two missing pilots in a military training aircraft crash in Binh Dinh Province in south-central Vietnam on Wednesday.
The two pilots were rushed to hospital for medical check-ups. They are now in stable condition.
The aircraft–Yak-130 jet took off from Phu Cat Airport at 9:55 am for a long-distance and cloud-crossing training exercise with Colonel Nguyen Van Son and Senior Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Hong Quan aboard.
An incident occurred at 10:38 am when they tried to land but the landing gear could not be released and emergency measures did not work.
The two pilots reported the incident to their unit and were allowed to parachute.
They parachuted at 10:51 am.
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| Colonel Nguyen Van Son is in an ambulance. Photo: Tan Luc / Tuoi Tre |
Nearly 200 military officers and dozens of residents were mobilized to search for the two missing pilots.
Rescuers reached pilot Quan around 8:20 pm, finding him on a high mountain, unharmed. Son was later brought out of the forest around midnight.
Telecom provider Viettel assisted the rescue efforts, identifying the pilots' suspected locations and enhancing telecom services in the area to support the search.
As a result, Quan could contact his unit via his mobile phone at 4:30 pm and the search and rescue team received an alert from Son’s mobile phone at 6:45 pm.
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| Rescuers find Senior Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Hong Quan (R), one of the two pilots in the military training aircraft crash. Photo: Supplied |
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| Military officers discuss solutions to locate and rescue the two pilots. Photo: Tan Luc / Tuoi Tre |
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| Militia members and rangers in Vinh An Commune, Tay Son District, Binh Dinh Province, south-central Vietnam are mobilized to take military officers to the forest to search for the two pilots. Photo: Tan Luc / Tuoi Tre |
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