HANOI, June 6 (RIA Novosti) - Two pilots died when an L-39 Albatros combat trainer went down in southeastern Vietnam, a spokesman for the country's Air Defense Forces said Wednesday.
The crash occurred Tuesday in the coastal province of Ninh Thuan with a population of over 500,000 people. No casualties or damage on the ground have been reported.
The L-39 design, developed in the 1960s, is still produced in an evolved state as the L-159 Alca, while more than 2,800 L-39s still serve with over 30 air forces around the world.
Last August, another combat plane crashed in the same region of Vietnam, but the pilot managed to eject from the aircraft before it hit the ground.
