TEHRAN (Tasnim) � A MiG-29 fighter aircraft of Iran�s Air Force had to make an emergency landing at a military airport in the western city of Hamedan, during which one of the pilots was killed and the other suffered vertebral injury.

On Tuesday morning, technical problems during a training operation forced the warplane to make an emergency landing at the Nojeh airbase in Hamedan.

One of the pilots, Major Ruzbeh Nazerian, suffered a concussion in the crash and was pronounced dead later after being admitted to a hospital.

The other serviceman, Ali Qolipour has also fractured his vertebra during the incident.

The MiG-29 is a twin-engine jet fighter aircraft, developed in the Soviet Union during the 1970s. Iran�s Air Force is believed to have 25 MiG-29s.

By Tasnim News Agency