The Iranian air force said on Saturday that a US-built F-14 Tomcat warplane crashed and exploded in near Isfahan due to technical fault in the engine but the two pilots survived.

The army’s public relations manager for the central province of Isfahan told Tasnim news agency, affiliated with Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, that the pilot and co-pilot of the plane landed with parachutes thanks to ejection seats and were taken to hospital for treatment. 

Source: Iran International