Two Royal Air force pilots died when their helicopter crashed in Bahrain's territorial waters during routine night training.

The bodies of Captain Ramzi Abdulrahman Al Saad and his co-pilot Captain Ahmed Salem Areeq have been found, a BDF spokesman said. Rescue teams were still searching for technician Corporal Abdullah Mohammed Al Murbati.

The BDF general command extended its condolences to the families of the pilots, the spokesman added.