AMMAN, Jordan — Two pilots from the Jordanian Air Force were killed when their training plane crashed Sunday, according to military sources.

It said that the two-seater aircraft crashed in northern Ramtha, near the border to Syria, at 9:00 a.m.

The incident was attributed unspecified to a “technical error.” The aircraft was manufactured by Germany’s GROB Aircraft Co.

Maj. Bilal al–Shoufein, and Cpt. Baha Abu Ghanmi.