Military training plane crash in central Turkey kills 2

A military training plane crashed on Tuesday, killing its two pilots on board, the defense ministry announced.

The SF-260D training plane crashed into an agricultural field in central Turkey. 

The crash occurred after the plane took off from an air base near the city of Kayseri.

The defense ministry said the cause of the crash remains unknown.

The state-run Anadolu Agency reported investigators have initiated an investigation.

Television footage captured black smoke rising from the wreckage of the plane among the crops in the field.