SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KGO) -- Safety investigators are searching the wreckage of a U-2 spy plane that crashed in Sutter County, killing one pilot and injuring another.
It happened around 9 a.m. in Sutter Buttes, about 60 miles north of Sacramento. The plane had just taken off from Beale Air Force Base.
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Military officials say a student pilot and instructor, assigned to the 1st Reconnaissance Squadron, were on a routine training mission when it happened.
"The last incident like this that occurred was roughly 20 years ago. I would match the safety and maintenance records of the U-2 with any other aircraft that the United Air Force flies. In fact, we're going to continue flying U-2 missions around the world and around the clock," said U.S. Air Force Commander Larry Broadwell.
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The Colonel did not disclose which of the two pilots died. The military is withholding their names until family is notified.