SOFIA, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- Two individuals have been confirmed dead after a Bulgarian military training jet crashed on Friday, Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev told reporters.
The crash occurred at the Graf Ignatievo Air Base near Plovdiv, Bulgaria's second largest city, during a training flight related to an airshow that was scheduled to be held there on Saturday, Glavchev said.
The L-39ZA aircraft crashed at 12:30 local time (1030 GMT), and the two pilots have died, said Defense Minister Atanas Zapryanov, adding that the two who died, born in 1973 and 1986, respectively, were instructors training pilots to fly this aircraft.
The minister declined to provide further details as an investigation was underway.
He said he would declare mourning in the armed forces on Saturday.
The airshow had been canceled. ■
