Turkey: Two F-4 planes crash in Konya

KONYA (AA) – Speaking to reporters, Bal said that wreckage spread to a large area. "Away from the wreckage, we found a flight lieutenant’s body. He was on his jet seat. At first, we thought he survived but when we reached him we saw that he was already dead. Later Gendarmerie teams arrived," he said.

Bal said that search-and-rescue efforts were under way to locate the two missing pilots.

Meanwhile, sources said that Pilot Officer Onur Uyanik who survived was taken by a military helicopter.

Two F-4 training planes collided in mid-air in central province of Konya and the planes crashed into a hill.