BANGKOK: A military plane crashed in a forested area of northern Thailand during a training flight on Thursday, killing the two pilots on board, the air force said. “Two pilots died in an aircraft accident involving a light attack aircraft AT-6TH this morning during training,” air force spokesman Jackkrit Thammanvichai said. The two-seater plane crashed in Chiang Mai province at around 10:20 am (0320 GMT) during a combat search and rescue training mission, the air force said in a statement. The crash “did not affect local residents or cause damage to civilian property,” the statement said.