In the statement, the Supreme Security Commission said the black box of the crashed Sukhoi 22 fighter jet was found in the wreckage and that a joint Airforce-Defence Ministry Committee has launched an investigation into the accident.
The fighter jet was on a training mission when it fell on a three story building in the area near Sanaa University in downtown Sanaa.
The Security Commission also said the one- seat helicopter's pilot, Captain Mohammed Shakir, was one of the victims, and that two children and three women were among the other nine civilian deaths.
In addition, about 17 people living in the populated area were injured and several houses were damaged.
According to an online statement by the Defence Ministry, the pilot had made a request to an airport control tower for landing permission before it crashed.
Earlier, an official with an air force base said that the fighter jet, on a training mission, carried two missiles, one of which exploded during the accident.
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