TEHRAN, June 20 (Xinhua) -- Two people died in the crash of a training plane in North Khorasan province in the northeast of Iran on Sunday, official IRNA news agency reported.

The plane belonged to Fara Sepehr Iranian Company and it crashed in Garmeh city of the province, said Saeed Motahari, the commander of North Khorasan Police Force.

The technical failure caused the accident, Motahari was quoted as saying.

According to the report, earlier this year, another training aircraft had an emergency landing in the southwest of North Khorasan province due to running out of fuel.