A Turkish military jet crashed Thursday morning near the central Anatolian province of Konya, killing its two pilots.

A Turkish military jet crashed Thursday morning near the central Anatolian province of Konya, killing its two pilots, officials said.

The F-4 plane belonging to the Turkish air force fell at 08:38 GMT during a training flight, near the Konya province, the Turkey general staff said in a statement posted on its website.

The cause of the crash was being investigated, it said.