** Details about the VPAF UH-1 crash today **

- The aircraft is a Bell UH-1, bort number 7912, belongs to the 917th Helicopter Regiment. This is a normal training flight.
- All four crew members were killed in the crash, including:
+ Lieutenant Colonel Trần Văn Đức, Chief of Flight Operation, Vice Chief of Staff, 917th Helicopter Regiment, pilot.
+ Lieutenant Colonel (NCO) Đỗ Văn Chính, flight mechanic.
+ Major Lê Hồng Quân, co-pilot, flight navigation.
+ Lieutenant Nguyễn Viết Cường, trainee.
Remains of the crew members were brought back to the morgue of Minitry of Defense.
- The UH-1 (bort number 7912) has been overhauled and upgraded in Australia in 2013.
- Initial assessment is that the aircraft was crashed due to bad weather with heavy fog. VPAF specialists are examining the wreckage and investigating to determine the actual cause.
- The crash site is far from the planned flight path. There is a possibility that the UH-1 encountered some malfunction and the crew had fo find a clear site and far away from residential area.
- There is no news censorship regarding the crash.