Two Iranian pilots died after their F-7 fighter jet crashed in middle desert of Iran on Tuesday, local media mentioned.
The plane crashed at the Anark training site near the city center city of Isfahan, semi-official Tasnim Iran news agency reported. Agency near the country militarydid not recognize cause of The crash He said the authorities are investigating.
“The Plane mission was to practice Shooting, but an accident happened at 8:30 in the morning.” official From the Iranian province of Isfahan official erna news an agency.
Iran is believed to have designed the F-7 fighter after the Chinese J-7, which is a copy of MiG-21 from the Soviet era. Beijing built The Plane for export to countries Including Pakistan, Iran, Sudan and North Korea. Iranian pilots for Years used F-7 for exercise, with some accidents.
Four years ago, an F-7 similarly crashed near Isfahan during an air exercise due to of What was later described as technical problem.
Experts say Iran has a poor country air safety record with Frequent accidents, many of which were purchased before the Islamic revolution in 1979 and lack spare parts for maintenance. contracts of Western sanctions have made He. She hard For spare parts and maintenance of obsolete aircraft. Crashes happen every now and then among its struggling fleet.
In February, an F-5 jet aircraft used by the Iranians military bumped into wall of School in North West city of Tabriz, killing The pilots and the person on ground.
