Two killed in Bangladesh air force crash

DHAKA - A Bangladesh Air Force plane crashed during a training flight Monday killing both pilots on board, authorities said.

The small trainer PT-6 aircraft crashed into a tree and broke apart just outside the airport in Barisal town, some 170 km south of capital Dhaka.

Police recovered the bodies of the pilots. No one else was on board, Xinhua reported quoting defence authorities.

A probe has been ordered into the accident.