Communist fighter jet crashes killing pilot and passenger in Laos

A Communist fighter jet nosedived into a reservoir killing the two pilots in Laos.

Footage shows the military aircraft as it crashes during a training exercise in Xieng Khouang Province on October 4.

The military plane operated by the Lao People's Liberation Army Air Force (LPLAAF) had a pilot and co-pilot onboard. Both kere killed instantly and their bodies were recovered from the wreckage.

Records show the Yakovlev Yak-130 was sourced from Russia. It had previously been used by the Russian Federation Air Force for military pilot training.

An official report into the crash found 'the A Yakovlev Yak-130 was conducting a split S training maneuver when crashed into a pond, killing both pilots'.

The Lao People's Democratic Republic (LPDR) is a landlocked country in Southeast Asia sandwiched between Thailand to the West and Vietnam to the East.

It fell to the Communists in 1975 along with Vietnam and Cambodia to the south. China had previously succumbed to the ideology in the 1940s.

In its efforts to stem the spread of Communism, the U.S. Air Force dropped more than two million tonnes of explosives on Laos during 580,000 bombing missions in the Vietnam War, making Laos the most heavily bombed country per capita in history.

The shocking amount of ordnance is equal to a planeload of bombs being dropped every eight minutes, 24 hours a day, for nine years - far more than all the bombs dropped across Europe throughout World War II.

In 2008 there were 310 deaths caused by unexploded bombs and landmines. It is now around 50 per year.