Contacted the second pilot in the Yak-130 plane crash in Binh Dinh

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Continuing to inform about the military plane crash in Binh Dinh, on the evening of November 6, according to updated information from the Ministry of National Defense , at about 6:45 p.m. the same day, the search and rescue team continued to receive information from the mobile phone of Colonel Pilot Nguyen Van Son, Commander of Regiment 940. Colonel Nguyen Van Son was the second person in the crashed plane.

Currently, authorities are using modern equipment to locate the two pilots to search.

Military forces gathered at Xa Tang village, Vinh An commune (Tay Son district, Binh Dinh) to search for the two pilots. Photo: vtcnews.vn

Previously, at 4:30 p.m., Lieutenant Colonel Pilot Nguyen Hong Quan, Flight Commander (one of the two pilots on the crashed plane) contacted the unit by mobile phone to report that he was on top of a high mountain (the exact location is unknown due to unstable mobile signal), and in normal health. Currently, the authorities are using modern equipment to locate the two pilots to search.

Previously, on the same morning, Air Force Regiment 940, Air Force Officer School, Air Defense - Air Force organized a daily training flight at Phu Cat airport, with Yak-130 aircraft (registration number 210 D), flying lesson 208, long-distance flight - no-fly zone - through clouds in complex meteorological conditions, led by Colonel Nguyen Van Son, Regiment Commander, flying the front cabin and Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Hong Quan, Flight Director, flying the rear cabin. This was the third flight, the second flight of the front cabin pilot in the daily flight.

The plane took off at 9:55 am, and at 10:38 am, when the return flight ended, the pilot reported that the plane's landing gear could not be released. He also took emergency measures to handle the situation but was still unsuccessful. The pilot reported to the flight commander and was allowed to parachute. The two pilots parachuted at 10:51 am at the TB2 Shooting Range, Tay Son, Binh Dinh.

The Air Defense - Air Force has coordinated with forces of Military Region 5 and localities to urgently organize forces and means for ground and air search and rescue./.

Source: https://dangcongsan.vn/thoi-su/lien-lac-duoc-voi-phi-cong-thu-2-trong-vu-roi-may-bay-yak-130-o-binh-dinh-682495.html