Armenia’s Su-25 jet disappeared from radars at 06.20 GMT on Tuesday, just fifteen minutes after leaving an airfield in the city of Gyumri for a scheduled training mission. The jet crashed in the mountains near the town of Maralik, press secretary of the Armenian Defense Ministry, Artsrun Ovannisyan told reporters. He later stated on Facebook that the scene of the tragic event had been discovered. Both pilots - Lieutenant Colonel Armen Babayan and Major Movses Manukyan - died, Sputnik quoted the press secretary as saying. The possible causes of the incident were not immediately clear.
Source : RT - Daily news
Both pilots killed as Armenian Su-25 jet on training mission crashes in mountains – military
Both pilots killed as Armenian Su-25 jet on training mission crashes in mountains – military
