Two Pilots Missing in Yak-130 Crash in Vietnam

Two pilots from the Vietnamese air force are missing after their Yak-130 training aircraft crashed in Binh Dinh province during a training exercise on Wednesday morning. The aircraft encountered difficulties when its landing gear failed to deploy, but the pilots managed to parachute out before the crash. Search-and-rescue operations are underway to locate the missing airmen, marking the second such incident involving Russian-made aircraft in Vietnam within a year, following a fatal crash of a Su-22 jet. The crash has raised concerns about military aviation safety and the reliability of aircraft used by the Vietnamese air force. The defense ministry has not commented on the incident, and initial reports from local news outlets have been removed, adding to the uncertainty surrounding the crash.