Victims of Armenian military plane crash identified

The Armenian Defense Ministry has identified the two victims of a military aircraft crash.

The Yak-52 aircraft crashed near the town of Yeghvard in Kotayk Province while on a training flight on Friday morning, killing its crew of two.

“Senior Lieutenant Armen Isakhanyan and cadet Armen Khachatryan were killed as a result of the training plane crash,” the Defense Ministry said in a statement, offering its condolences to the victims' families and fellow servicemen.

The cause of the crash was not immediately known.